Theives Quotes

“Put a thief among honest men and they will eventually relieve him of his watch.”
― Flann O'Brien, At Swim-Two-Birds

“Lila had an idea. It was a very stupid idea. But a stupid idea was better than no idea, at least in theory. So she dragged the words into shape and delivered them with her sharpest smile. “Nas,” she said, slowly. “An to eran gast.”
No. I am your best thief.
She held the captain’s gaze when she said it, her chin high and proud. The others grumbled and growled, but to her they didn’t matter, didn’t exist. The world narrowed to Lila and the captain of the ship.
His smile was almost imperceptible. The barest quirk of his lips.”
― V.E. Schwab, A Gathering of Shadows

“All politicians are said to be thieves but all thieves are not politicians which implies that some thieves do have a conscience.”
― Amit Abraham

“The way I saw it, that was the real mistake the Barrow gang had made.

It seemed to me that they'd have been a lot less likely to get gunned down if Bonnie had just had the sense to be Clyde.”
― Saundra Mitchell

“She used to hate people like him, people who gave up something good, shucked warm meals and solid roofs as if they didn’t matter.
But then Barron died and Lila realized that in a way she’d done the same thing. Run away from what could have been a good life. Or at least a happy one. Because it wasn’t enough to be happy, not for Lila. She wanted more. Wanted an adventure. She used to think that if she stole enough, the want would fade, the hunger would go away, but maybe it wasn’t that simple. Maybe it wasn’t a matter of what she didn’t have, of what she wasn’t, but what she was. Maybe she wasn’t the kind of person who stole to stay alive. Maybe she just did it for the thrill. And that scared her, because it meant she didn’t need to do it, couldn’t justify it, could have stayed at the Stone’s Throw, could have saved Barron’s life.... It was a slippery slope, that kind of thinking, one that ended in a cliff, so Lila backed away.”
― V.E. Schwab, A Gathering of Shadows

“Muggers don't know what you have, but robbers on the other hand, know exactly what you have.
Don't advertise your wealth.”
― Anthony T. Hincks