Humor Quote by Scott Lynch — Inspiring Words on Life, Love & Wisdom

“Advice," Doña Vorchenza chuckled. "Advice. The years play a sort of alchemical trick, transmuting one's mutterings to a state of respectability. Give advice at forty and you're a nag. Give it at seventy and you're a sage.”

“If reassurances could dull pain, nobody would ever go to the trouble of pressing grapes.”

“I’m speaking of the pursuit of excellence in all things. All things! Presence of mind and devotion to craft. A great artist has these. A great chef. A great master of tea. There’s powerful kung fu in a well-built house or an eloquent letter, but the limit of your imagination is bones breaking and bullets flying.”

“... It's perfect! Locke would appreciate it.”

“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.”

“That's a sweet piece," said Jean, briefly forgetting to be aggravated. "You didn't snatch that off a street.”

“Fall off your own roof.”

“Welcome to Hell. Here's your accordion.”

“Bursar?”

“Do you know the difference between education and experience? Education is when you read the fine print; experience is what you get when you don't.”

“You can run from the grave, but you can't hide.”

“From the moment I picked up your book until I put it down, I was convulsed with laughter. Some day I intend reading it.”