“Throwing blondes at Locke Lamora was not unlike throwing lettuce at sharks.”
“Sharks have a deadly form of claustrophobia. It's not so much fear of enclosed spaces as it is inability to exist in them. No one knows why. Some say it's the metal in aquariums that throws their equilibrium off. But whatever it is, big sharks don't last long in captivity”
“My heart to you is given: Oh, do give yours to me; We'll lock them up together, And throw away the key.”
“When you see the Crooked Warden," said Locke, twisting something in his hands, "tell him that Locke 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.”
“She wanted to stomp her foot, throw a tantrum, throw a punch.”
“To throw away an honest friend is, as it were, to throw your life away”