“It's every little girl's dream," she said. "Interpol surveillance. And kittens.”

“They might be kittens," she said hopefully."They're stalking us.""They might be shy.""I don't think it's kittens, Valkyrie.""Puppies, then?”

“it's a little girl named anna, and she doesn't know if she's ready to say good-bye to a father she's never really said hello to.”

“The little kitten has claws", Dorian said intrigued. "I like that."~Dorian Vlakhos”

“It's like when a kitten tries to bite something to death. The kitten clearly has the cold-blooded murderous instinct of a predator, but at the same time, it's this cute little kitten, and all you want to do is stuff it in a shoebox and shoot a video of it for grandmas to watch on YouTube.”

“She's like a prisoner inside stone walls, and every day the walls get a little thicker, the doorways a little narrower.""And?" Eddis prompted."Well," said Eugenides, "it's a challenge.”