{"author":"Scott Lynch","author_id":"Scott+Lynch","total_quotes":56,"quotes":[{"text":"I’m done losing. Do you fucking hear me? I am done losing. Spare me your precious self-pity, because this isn’t a stage and I didn’t pay two coppers to cry my eyes out over anyone’s death speech. You don’t fucking get one, understand? I don’t care if you cough up buckets of blood. Buckets I can carry.","author":"Scott Lynch","tags":["friendship","i have a lot of emotions","jean tannen","locke lamora","loyalty"],"id":251,"author_id":"Scott+Lynch"},{"text":"It's things like this makes a ship seem like home. Help you forget what a load of tedious old shit life out here can be.","author":"Scott Lynch","tags":["haven","home"],"id":5333,"author_id":"Scott+Lynch"},{"text":"Worst of all, the inner vault is guarded by a live dragon, attended by fifty naked women armed with poisoned spears, each of them sworn to die in Requin's service. All redheads.-You're just making that up, Jean.","author":"Scott Lynch","tags":["books"],"id":5578,"author_id":"Scott+Lynch"},{"text":"My name's Jean Tannen, and I'm the ambush.","author":"Scott Lynch","tags":["badassery","fantasy","humor"],"id":22059,"author_id":"Scott+Lynch"},{"text":"To us — richer and cleverer than everyone else!","author":"Scott Lynch","tags":["clever","rich","self-confidence"],"id":29141,"author_id":"Scott+Lynch"},{"text":"Am I making myself clear, Orrin? I don't regret how I've lived these past few years. I move where I will. I set no appointments. I guard no borders. What landbound king has the freedom of a ship's captain? The Sea of Brass provides. When I need haste, it gives me winds. When I need gold, it gives me galleons.' Thieves prosper, thought Locke. The rich remember. He made his decision, and gripped the rail to avoid shaking.'Only gods-damned fools die for lines drawn on maps,' said Zamira. 'But nobody can draw lines around my ship. If they try, all I need to do to slip away is set more sail.","author":"Scott Lynch","tags":["captain","freedom","sea"],"id":50075,"author_id":"Scott+Lynch"},{"text":"Now, it’s undeniably true that male writers (including yours truly) are generally and commercially allowed to write about “girl stuff” without being penalized for doing so. In part this is the same old shit it’s always been ... I’ve said before that men who write mostly about men win prizes for revealing the human condition, while women who write about both men and women are filed away as writing “womens’ issues.” Likewise, in fantasy, the imprimatur of a dude somehow makes stuff like romance, relationship drama, introspection, and adorable animal companions magically not girly after all.In a sense, we male fantasists are allowed to be like money launderers for girl coo.","author":"Scott Lynch","tags":["cooties","empowerment","equality","fantasy","feminism","human-condition","introspection","relationships","soap-operas","womens-issues"],"id":53683,"author_id":"Scott+Lynch"},{"text":"Jean grinned down at her, and she handed him something in a small silk bag.'What's this?''Lock of my hair, ' she said. 'Meant to give it to you days ago, but we got busy with all the raiding. You know. Piracy. Hectic life. ''Thank you, love, ' he said.'Now, if you find yourself in trouble wherever you go, you can hold up that little bag to whoever's bothering you, and you can say, 'You have no idea who you're fucking with. I'm under the protection of the lady who gave me this object of her favour. '''And that's supposed to make them stop?''Shit no, that's just to confuse them. Then you kill them while they're standing there looking at you funny.","author":"Scott Lynch","tags":["awesome","funny","romantic"],"id":53761,"author_id":"Scott+Lynch"},{"text":"There’s no freedom quite like the freedom of being constantly underestimated.","author":"Scott Lynch","tags":["freedom","locke-lamora","underestimated"],"id":53883,"author_id":"Scott+Lynch"},{"text":"Get used to gaps in your comprehension,” said Sabetha. “The rest of us certainly have.","author":"Scott Lynch","tags":["funny","sanza","sharp-tongue"],"id":59285,"author_id":"Scott+Lynch"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":56,"pages":6,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}