“Too bad. Game over. Insert new fucking quarter.”

“Does your family play games, too?" She tries to sound off-hand."No. Just me - and my brother."Which means her parents are in the casinos, then, leaving this kid in a collapsing mine. Okay, a virtual one, but still.”

“You think you fucking know me? I'm an assassin. I kill people for a living. Good people, bad people, it makes no difference to me as long as I get paid." I spoke slowly, giving each word time to sink in. "And that girl you just sold out? She's the only thing in this world that makes me even remotely human.”

“That's life. Life is the ultimate game, and its rules were made to be broken”

“Life's a party. So smile and eat shit and pretend it's fucking caviar.”

“Fuck your manners.""You don't have to settle for just my manners.”

“I had a fucking standing ovation going on in my goddamn pants, and it was demanding an encore.”