I suspect this is all gonna end in screaming and drowning

I'm not as reckless as I used to be. You know, when I was little.

I think it’s fairly common for writers to be afflicted with two simultaneous yet contradictory delusions, the burning certainty that we’re unique geniuses, and the constant fear that we’re witless frauds who are speeding toward epic failure.

What kind of knife is this?” Locke held a rounded buttering utensil up for Chains’ inspection. “It’s all wrong. You couldn’t kill anyone with this.

Throwing blondes at Locke Lamora was not unlike throwing lettuce at sharks.

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.

If reassurances could dull pain, nobody would ever go to the trouble of pressing grapes.