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!

My name's Jean Tannen, and I'm the ambush.

So that makes us robbers of robbers," said Bug, "who pretend to be robbers working for a robber of other robbers.

When you see the crooked Warden," said Locke, twisting something in his hands, "tell hi that Lock Lamora learns slowly, but he learns well. And when you see my friends, you tell them that there are more of you on the way.

I think piracy is a bit like drinking. You want to stay out all night doing it, you pay the price the next day.

This is where you and I are headed.... Look for us in history books and you'll find us in the margins. Look for us in legends and you might just find us celebrated

Enlightenment! When it comes, it comes like a brick to the head, doesn't it?