“If there is no trust, there is nothing. Trust is all.”

“All of his life had been about making sure I kept mine.”

“We all have our security blankets in this world. Some are just sharper than others.”

“And he had it all over Octavian, let me tell you. Hung like a Pegasus, he was.”

“What're you still doing up? You know all good little ninjas should be in bed, visions of homicidal sugarplums dancing in their heads.”

“Snap judgments? I'd gotten over those about the time I was toilet trained. Swore off diapers and faith in the human experience all in one week.”

“Wouldn’t you leave a light on? Knowing what I knew and not knowing anything else at all, why would I want the darkness where the monsters hide?Because killers hide there too.”