# Quote — Scott Lynch, Red Seas Under Red Skies

> By rights he was still outrunning his age, still ahead of most men nearing threescore years, but he knew deep in his heart that there would never be any way of running fast enough.

- Author: [Scott Lynch](https://www.leafyquotes.com/scott-lynch.md)
- Book: [Red Seas Under Red Skies](https://www.leafyquotes.com/scott-lynch/red-seas-under-red-skies.md)
- Page: 253
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Scott_Lynch#Red_Seas_Under_Red_Skies_(2007)) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/scott-lynch/red-seas-under-red-skies/by-rights-he-was

## More from this book

> I don’t want you to agree with me; I want you to use your misplaced acorn of a brain before the squirrel comes looking for it again.

p. 270 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/scott-lynch/red-seas-under-red-skies/i-dont-want.md)

> “I say again, impossible.”
>
> “And I correct you again. Difficult. ‘Difficult’ and ‘impossible’ are cousins often mistaken for one another, with very little in common.”

p. 93 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/scott-lynch/red-seas-under-red-skies/i-say-again.md)

> “What’s your hand [of cards] look like?“
>
> “A parched desert...How’s yours?“
>
> “A wasteland of bitter frustration.“

p. 7 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/scott-lynch/red-seas-under-red-skies/whats-your-hand.md)