“A Mark that spoke of loss was still a Mark, a remembrance. You could not lose something you never had.”

“Remembrance of things past is just for the rich. For the poor it only marks the faint traces on the path to death.”

“The most important thing for any con artist is never to think like a mark. Marks think they can get something for nothing. Marks think they can get what they don’t deserve and could never deserve. Marks are stupid and pathetic and sad. Marks think they’re going to go home one night and have the girl they’ve loved since they were a kid suddenly love them back. Marks forget that whenever something’s too good to be true, that’s because it’s a con.”

“It was the mark of a barbarian to destroy something one could not understand.”

“disappointment is a sense of loss for something you never had”

“I’m going to cut you,” Georgiana murmured. “I’m going to mark that face of yours and show him what I’m capable of.”“He’d still love me,” Elizabeth whispered. “It’s a concept you could never understand, Georgiana.”