The Gentleman Bastard #1-3 Quotes

“I am through fucking around. Maybe this is going to complicate the hell out of things. So what? You’re the complication I want more than anything else. You’re my favorite complication. No matter what sort of holes you poke in my trust.”
― Scott Lynch, The Gentleman Bastard Series #1-3

“Mew,” the kitten retorted, locking gazes with him. It had the expression common to all kittens, that of a tyrant in the becoming. I was comfortable, and you dared to move, those jade eyes said. For that you must die. When it became apparent to the cat that its two or three pounds of mass were insufficient to break Locke’s neck with one mighty snap, it put its paws on his shoulders and began sharing its drool-covered nose with his lips.”
― Scott Lynch, The Gentleman Bastard Series #1-3

“What good’s slacking all the time if the ship comes apart beneath you while you sleep?”
― Scott Lynch, The Gentleman Bastard Series #1-3

“You simply collapsed, sir. In layman’s terms, your body revoked its permission for you to continue heaping abuse upon it.”
― Scott Lynch, The Gentleman Bastard Series #1-3

“the only constant in the soul of man is inconstancy;”
― Scott Lynch, The Gentleman Bastard Series #1-3

“Difficult. ‘Difficult’ and ‘impossible’ are cousins often mistaken for one another, with very little in common.”
― Scott Lynch, The Gentleman Bastard Series #1-3

“But time’s a river, Locke, and we’ve always drifted farther down it than we think.” He smiled down at Locke with real affection.”
― Scott Lynch, The Gentleman Bastard Series #1-3