"You're one third bad intentions,one third pure avarice,and one eighth sawdust.What's left,I'll credit,must be brains."

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Source : Scott Lynch (2015). “The Gentleman Bastard Series 3-Book Bundle: The Lies of Locke Lamora, Red Seas Under Red Skies, The Republic of Thieves”, p.161, Del Rey

Scott Lynch

#Brain Quotes #Credit Quotes #Sawdust Quotes

“When the last history of high-frequency trading is written, Hunsader, like Joe Saluzzi and Sal Arnuk of Themis Trading, deserves a prominent place in it.”
“It is almost impossible to think of something no one has thought of before, but it is always possible to add different frills.”
“Getting on the bus and touring was my life. And when that was not around, I felt myself a bit lost at times, because that was all I had.”
“General relativity is the cornerstone of cosmology and astrophysics. It has also provided the conceptual basis for string theory and other attempts to unify all the forces of nature in terms of geometrical structures.”
“Courage is saying maybe what I'm doing isn't working, maybe I should try something else.”
“My slender waist and thighs are exhausted and weak from a night of cloud dancing...”
“You saw him standing out there, and you knew you had a pretty damn good chance to win the baseball game.”
“The gothic reminds us that we are mainly driven by our passions; the Gothic deals in illicit desires, in what is prohibited by society.”

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