“Objectivity works to repel the attacks of critics, like a kind of ethical pepper spray.”

“His can of pepper spray was bigger than my can of pepper spray.”

“Pepper spray? I’ve tracked you all over the world and that’s what’s going to stop me—pepper spray.”

“The name's Pepper like the spray, so I guess you wouldn't want me in your face!”

“Pepper spray," he said, lightly touching her back. "Give it a second.""Pepper spray?""You were a casualty of your own rescue."He pointed and she turned to look at the scene behind her. Over a dozen old ladies were beating the man with their purses and dousing him with pepper spray. Several police officers hovered nearby, as if they couldn't get close enough to help the guy. They didn't look like they were trying very hard."What kind of sicko pervert are you?" one woman demanded. "Liz Sutton is one of us. You try to hurt her, you answer to all of us. You got that?""Seniors to the rescue," Ethan told her.”

“Gilbert, as a rule, used money the way women use pepper spray; he liked having some handy but only produced it when physically threatened.”