“Oh, come now, we’re professionals. For Fate’s sake, I’m 128 years old and far beyond curfews.”
“There is no excuse among professional officers for not having a 5000 year old mind.”
“Creativity and artistic endeavors have a mission that goes far beyond just making music for the sake of music”
“Nick glowered at Ash. "Are we through now, Dad? Can I go play with my friends if I promise to be a good boy? I'll even try and make it home by curfew." Ash laughed evilly. "Oh, absolutely, son. In fact, here come your new playmates now.”
“Oh, that that old man in Westmoreland would die and be gathered to his fathers, now that he was full of years and ripe for the sickle! But there was no sign of death about the old man.”
“I'm old-fashioned beyond my years.”