“He was as yet not sufficiently experienced in ruffianism to know that one villain always sacrifices another to advance his own project; he was credulous enough to believe in the old adage of 'honor amongst thieves.”

“His own daughters constantly presented him with a mathematical impossibility, one minute running around the house wearing pajamas covered in images of the blankly staring Hello, Kitty, the next minute announcing they had dates who would be picking them up at seven. He believed his daughters were not old enough to date and yet clearly by the standards of this country they were old enough to be members of a terrorist organization”

“He was a romantic in his own harsh way…yet he was also realist enough to know that some times love actually did conquer all.”

“Jesus wasn't seeking His own honor, but rather modeling the Honor Principle to the ones He was sent to.”

“He was always just mad enough to take treaties seriously. Honor, you know. I don't have any.”

“Man is a credulous animal, and must believe something; in the absence of good grounds for belief, he will be satisfied with bad ones.”