# Quote — Scott Lynch, The Republic of Thieves

> They’ll be fine, and wiser for the experience. Young minds are brittle. Oldsters, now, we’ve had some disappointments. We’ve set aside the notion that we’re the center of the universe, so our minds bend with strain instead of meeting it head-on.

- Author: [Scott Lynch](https://www.leafyquotes.com/scott-lynch.md)
- Book: [The Republic of Thieves](https://www.leafyquotes.com/scott-lynch/the-republic-of-thieves.md)
- Page: 184
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Scott_Lynch#The_Republic_of_Thieves_(2013)) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/scott-lynch/the-republic-of-thieves/theyll-be-fine

## More from this book

> “In my dreams I sign chits and file papers,” Nikoros muttered. “Then I awake to sign real chits and file real papers. I imagine my grave marker will be carved as a writing desk. ‘Here lies Nikoros Via Lupa, wifeless and heirless, but gods how he could alphabetize!’”

p. 582 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/scott-lynch/the-republic-of-thieves/in-my-dreams.md)

> Are you really that arrogant, that logic is as optional as a fashion accessory for you?

p. 551 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/scott-lynch/the-republic-of-thieves/are-you-really.md)

> “You need money that badly?”
>
> “As a tool, certainly. Its application is simple and universally effective.”

p. 190 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/scott-lynch/the-republic-of-thieves/you-need-money.md)