Dance of Thieves (Dance of Thieves, #1)

by Mary E. Pearson

Weakness made you a target,

Desperation can be a good teacher,

I knew I had made a big mistake, but it was a glorious one, and I wanted to make it over and over again.

We can never know the exact moment when someone will leave our lives forever.

It was surprising how quickly habits could form, and I wondered how long it would take for them to disappear.

patience was the dividing line between success and failure.

“Numbers don’t lie. They’re far more reliable than people.”

much could be tolerated in the name of profit.

I couldn’t trust myself around her.

Sometimes it seemed the timing of the entire world was off, our intentions coming too soon or too late, life crowding up to blur our vision, and only later when the dust settles can we see our missteps.