“If there were no risk of a punishment, a getaway would lose the pleasure.”

“Is it true? You had a clean getaway and risked it all for me?"I Swallowed. "It wouldn't have been a clean getaway without you.”

“Everyone in a decadent society, Lorrain urges, is guilty. Everyone loves masking murder and everyone takes masochistic pleasure in the risk of discovery and punishment.”

“It is easier for one to take risks and to chase his dreams with a mindset that he has nothing to lose. In this lies the immense passion, the great advantage of avoiding a materialistic, pleasure-filled way of life.”

“Success would come only at the expense of losing her cool, at the risk of turning intosomeone she did not want to be.”

“...This was not illegal, (nothing was illegal since there were no longer laws), but if detected it was reasonably certain that it would be punished by death...”