“Your father's impressive.''He's a scary motherfucker, but we get along well.”

“Sometimes history is just an excuse for incompetence at getting along with each other.”

“It had all been a motherfucking nightmare and the solution was so simple, right there and under their noses. It had just been hidden: love. Fair and square. Just love.”

“You'd be quite sane and well-adjusted if your family had happened to somebody else”

“The motherfucker really finds a way to say something very simple in a very complicated way,” murmured Jean near Dan’s ear. “How many words does it take him to say ‘I love you’?” “None.” Dan murmured, smiling. “We’re long beyond that.”

“This way, at least, we get to meet and kill interesting people.”

“Dan's voice was rough and low as he murmured against Vadim's lips. 'I hate you, Russkie.' No. He didn't, but he couldn't find the right word for this. This feeling. Hatred was the closest he could get. The alternative was still unthinkable.”