Pick Pocket Quotes

“I should have been honored to have been part of the best pickpocket incident of the century, but instead I was just mad.”
― Maya Bode

“I let out a helpless, frustrated noise that sounded like a combination of a cry and a growl. It took everything in me not to shout a stream of curse words. Seriously -- out of all the things that could happen to me, I’d been the victim of a pickpocket? That wasn’t supposed to happen -- not to a spy. Not to me!”
― Maya Bode, Tess Embers

“It ain’t what you think, m’lady,” Samuel hastened to say. “I would have retuned the purse before the carriage drove off, truly I would. I was just practicing.”
“For what? You’re out of that life now.”
“I got to keep my skills up, because you never know…” He trailed off as if to keep from saying too much.
But he’d already said enough. She knew what he was thinking. Because you never know when you’ll lose a position. Because one day the dream will vanish as so many others have, and you’ll have nothing to stand between you and starvation but your skills.”
― Sabrina Jeffries, Dance of Seduction

“It ain’t what you think, m’lady,” Samuel hastened to say. “I would have returned the purse before the carriage drove off, truly I would. I was just practicing.”
“For what? You’re out of that life now.”
“I got to keep my skills up, because you never know…” He trailed off as if to keep from saying too much.
But he’s already said enough. She knew what he was thinking. Because you never know when you’ll lose a position. Because one day the dream will vanish as so many others have, and you’ll have nothing to stand between you and starvation but your skills.”
― Sabrina Jeffries, Dance of Seduction