“That name was a sadistic play on the Underground Railroad that smuggled American slaves north. The old Nazis set up their own version and used it mainly to move their people. They called it Die Spinne.”

“Dear Artie: “The young fellow has disappeared into a dead end. I think the long-necked bastard planned to wind up in Paris and sent him there but he may also have used the underground railroad. Ask your round-heeled contact. Maybe you can find more than I could. “Roy”

“The sin of quick anger is an idol of the heart that is not dying to our own rights.”

“You're very old, aren't you?""Just as old as my tongue and a little older than my teeth.”

“I peered around the corner into the main recovery ward. All I could see were surgeons. Surgeons filling out those incessant forms. Surgeons bringing cups of tea and little sandwich triangles to patients. Surgeons laying in a lethargic stupor, recovering from eye surgery.”

“You may be gifted, but you have the maturity of 5 year olds.”

“Changing my own actions may not change the world, but it's a start.”