“Screw you, John.""Sorry, Sylvie. Can't—they frown on that kind of thing between step-siblings.”
“Modern families are complicated things. Siblings, half siblings, stepparents, stepcousins, what have you. You can't pick who you're born to, that's for sure.”
“Well, I'm so sorry that I can't be the right kind of monster for you, Bella.”
“He frowned. "Who cares about that? Screw the gerbils.""Screw them?" I raised an eyebrow. "Lyle, this is not your personal recreation time.”
“People don't like him (John Poindexter) for the same reason they don't like me…If you get things done in this bureaucracy you step on toes.”
“Authorities tend to frown on things they can't fit into a neat little box.”