The Lies of Locke Lamora (Gentleman Bastard, #1)

by Scott Lynch

There are only three people in life you can never fool—pawnbrokers, whores, and your mother.

It is one thing to kill in a duel, to kill in self-defense, to kill for vengeance. It is another thing entirely to kill simply because you are careless.

“How very comforting. If reassurances could dull pain, nobody would ever go to the trouble of pressing grapes.”