“And what exactly is it that you do?""I do pretty much what the name implies. I shoot trouble.”

“How is that cut doing?" His tone had the perfect degree of unconcerned concern."Don't worry, my trigger finger is just fine.”

“Styles differ, but the faces remain”

“For the record, I'm not an indecisive person, and I'm not a coward. I just have a very detailed imaginary life, and it sometimes takes precedence over what's actually happening around me.”

“In hoc signo vinces.”

“And if you find her poor, Ithaca has not deceived you. Wise as you have become, with so much experience, you must already have understood what these Ithacas mean.”

“They weren't tears of sadness or even tears of joy. I was just overflowing. Like so many things since I'd been here, I didn't yet understand it, but I felt it.”