Stand aside, and try not to catch fire if I shed sparks of genius.
It was strange, how readily authority could be conjured with nothing but a bit of strutting jackassery.
Enlightenment! When it comes, it comes like a brick to the head, doesn't it?
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.
Throwing blondes at Locke Lamora was not unlike throwing lettuce at sharks.
A boy may be as disagreeable as he pleases, but when a girl refuses to crap sunshine on command, the world mutters darkly about her moods.