“Flattery will get you everywhere," Sam says, "Except, apparently, off a roof.”
“Apparently wizards poke their noses in everywhere!”
“You're assuming they would listen to me," I said.Cole lifted his hands off the roof of the Volkswagen; cloudy fingerprints evaporated seconds ater he did. "We all listen to you, Sam." He jumped to the pavement. "You just don't always talk to us.”
“What is it with you and throwing husbands off of the roof?”
“[He used] as English accent, for no apparent reason except that it's perhaps easier to say what's most true when you can pretend you're someone else.”
“you can eff off, too," I say, except I don't say eff, I say what 'eff' stands for.”