# Quote — Scott Lynch, The Republic of Thieves

> “You’re taking the world awfully personally. Didn’t Chains ever tell you about the Golden Theological Principle?”
>
> “The what?”
>
> “The single congruent aspect of every known religion. The one shared, universal assumption about the human condition.”
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> “What is it?”
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> “He said that life boils down to standing in line to get shit dropped on your head. Everyone’s got a place in the queue, you can’t get out of it, and just when you start to congratulate yourself on surviving your dose of shit, you discover that the line is actually circular.”
>
> “I’m just old enough to find that distressingly accurate.”
>
> “You see? It’s universal,” said Locke.

- 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: 482
- 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/youre-taking-the

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> “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)