“Everyone's life is a mess. Everyone's. We all make mistakes . . . and not just little slip-ups. Major mistakes that hurt us and other people.”

“The council is a place where everyone schemes against everyone else, and people talk incessantly about Power with a capital "Pow".”

“Don't be a little paranoid; worry about everything, or let it all go.”

“I like people thinking I'm an asshole. Being an asshole is my life's vocation; I'm a goddamned asshole professional.”

“If you agree to work for us, half the time you won't know the purpose of your duties . . . and when we do explain, we might not be telling the truth. But that's the real world, folks . . .”

“Sometimes all the procedures in the world can't protect you . . . but that's no reason to walk up to something that looks like a lion and kick it in the ass.”

“I do not care about the greatest good for the greatest number . . . Most people are poop-heads I do not care about them at all.”