“Being shaken to death by a Hawaiian tourist look-alike was not how Arena imagined her death.”

“Being a spy was something like standing on the south shore fending off a hurricane with a $2 poncho and an umbrella.”

“People who are different are considered ineffective. People who can’t hide their shortcomings are not considered a threat. A lot of spies rely on being unobtrusive, but we flat out flaunt the fact that we’re different, and those we try to get information from put us on an even lower level than the ones they don’t notice. They don’t believe we’re even capable of being a threat, and they misstep more than they might with someone they simply don’t know.”

“LIFE FOLLOWS DEATH AND DEATH FOLLOWS LIFE BUT NEVER IN THE SAME PLACE OR TIME SO THE ONLY WAY TO YOU CAN LIVE ON AFTER YOU DIE IS SIMPLY BEING THE BEST YOU CAN TODAY.”

“She was sitting in a garden more beautiful than even her rampaging imagination could ever have conjured up, and she was being serenaded by trees.”

“Only a coward would send his children to their deaths in order to save his own life.”

“Don't threaten me with your death, Mother. God doesn't want you, and the Devil won't have you. Doesn't want the competition.”