Scott Lynch - Gods Quotes

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Liquor does this? Even after you're sober?
A cruel joke, isn't it? The gods put a price tag on everything, it seems.

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Gods, all this maneuvering for moral advantage. You'd think we were married.

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Only one way to win when you're being chased by someone bigger and tougher than you. Turn straight around, punch their teeth out, and hope the gods are fond of you.

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I'll wager I would have screwed things up regardless. But...can you imagine those poor bastards grappling their prey, leaping over the rails, swords in hand, screaming, 'Your cats! Give us all your gods-damned cats!

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I suspect that drink has made you impulsive.
Drink makes me see funny; the gods made me impulsive.

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In my dreams I sign chits and file papers, Nikoros muttered. Then I awake to sign real chits and file real papers. I imagine my grave marker will be carved as a writing desk. 'Here lies Nikoros Via Lupa, wifeless and heirless, but gods how he could alphabetize!'

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You know, believe it or not, 'the gods will provide' is not a fucking plan, lad. You've got one hell of a talent for improvisation, but when that lets you down, it lets you down hard.

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What do you have to say to that?
Oh, very little, to be sure, Master Kosta. It's so hard to think, overawed as I am with the sublime genius of your plan.
That bears some vague resemblance to sarcasm.
God forfend, said Jean. You wound me! Your inexpressible criminal virtues have triumphed again, as inevitably as the tides come and go. I cast myself at your feet and beg for absolution. Yours is the genius that nourishes the heart of the world.
And now you're—
If only there was a leper handy, interrupted Jean, so you could lay your hands on and magically heal him.

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Only gods-damned fools die for lines drawn on maps.

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Oh, gods, he cried. Oh, gods protect me! It's you!
Of course it's me, said Locke. You just don't know who the hell I am yet.

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