“Sticks and stones will break your bones, but failure will get you killed.”

“Hesitation will get you killed.”

“If you keep a gun in your purse, you get killed, because no woman can find anything in her purse in under twelve minutes. It's a rule.”

“What do you do when you know you are breaking someone's heart, but to do anything else would break your own?”

“I was just offered a contract on your life, for enough money to make it worth my while." It was my turn to be quiet.Did you take it?"Would I be calling you if I had?"Maybe," I said. He laughed.True, but I'm not going to take it."Why not?"Friendship."Try again," I said.I figure I'll get to kill more people guarding you. If I take the contract, I only get to kill you."Comforting...”

“Mercy will get you killed, but sometimes it's all that makes us human.”

“If I let you get killed, the other body guards will make fun of me.”