“Every decent con man knows that the simplest truth is more powerful than even the most elaborate lie.”

“But the downside of being con artist is that it very hard to con. Even if the lies you tell are to yourself.”

“Even the longest con was never more than an assortment of moments that were in themselves very very short.”

“I know too well how dangerous hope can be, how it grows and sometimes dies, taking its host with it. It's more powerful than anything Dr.Fibs keeps in his labs, more precious than all the secrets inside Sublevel Two.”

“You cannot con an honest man.”

“It is an occupational hazard that anyone who has spent her life learning how to lie eventually becomes bad at telling the truth.”

“Even though Kate had only known Hale for a little more than two years, she had seen him in a lot of situations.”