# The Lies of Locke Lamora
Author:: Scott Lynch
## Highlights
> “I’m gratified that you’re starting to take a possessive bent to the little cuss, Chains, because it only gets more colorful. I don’t know quite how to put it. I’ve got kids that enjoy stealing. I’ve got kids that don’t think about stealing one way or another, and I’ve got kids that just tolerate stealing because they know they’ve got nothing else to do. But nobody—and I mean nobody—has ever been hungry for it like this boy. If he had a bloody gash across his throat and a physiker was trying to sew it up, Lamora would steal the needle and thread and die laughing. He … steals too much.” ([Location 252](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B000JMKNJ2&location=252))
> Those who produced got to eat; those who didn’t got to practice twice as hard that evening. ([Location 272](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B000JMKNJ2&location=272))
> want a purse here, a sausage there. I want you to swallow your ambition, shit it out like a bad meal, and be a circumspect little teaser for about the next thousand years. Can you do that for me? Don’t rob any more yellowjackets. Don’t burn any more taverns. Don’t start any more fucking riots. Just pretend to be a coarse-witted little cutpurse like your brothers and sisters. Clear?” ([Location 359](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B000JMKNJ2&location=359))
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Title: The Lies of Locke Lamora
Author: Scott Lynch
Tags: readwise, books
date: 2024-01-30
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# The Lies of Locke Lamora
Author:: Scott Lynch
## AI-Generated Summary
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## Highlights
> “I’m gratified that you’re starting to take a possessive bent to the little cuss, Chains, because it only gets more colorful. I don’t know quite how to put it. I’ve got kids that enjoy stealing. I’ve got kids that don’t think about stealing one way or another, and I’ve got kids that just tolerate stealing because they know they’ve got nothing else to do. But nobody—and I mean nobody—has ever been hungry for it like this boy. If he had a bloody gash across his throat and a physiker was trying to sew it up, Lamora would steal the needle and thread and die laughing. He … steals too much.” ([Location 252](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B000JMKNJ2&location=252))
> Those who produced got to eat; those who didn’t got to practice twice as hard that evening. ([Location 272](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B000JMKNJ2&location=272))
> want a purse here, a sausage there. I want you to swallow your ambition, shit it out like a bad meal, and be a circumspect little teaser for about the next thousand years. Can you do that for me? Don’t rob any more yellowjackets. Don’t burn any more taverns. Don’t start any more fucking riots. Just pretend to be a coarse-witted little cutpurse like your brothers and sisters. Clear?” ([Location 359](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B000JMKNJ2&location=359))