“How many times does a man have to shave before his chin gets the message?”

“What’s that thing when someone gets a knock on the head and suddenly can’t remember anything about himself?’Death,’ said the barman, his face a mask of disapproval.”

“Crime is one of the many methods justice may select.”

“Seemed she should learn to smile when she was unhappy, to stop laughing, to speak up, to never speak to strangers, to share guilt for the acts of strangers, that strangers made the laws of the land, that the laws of the land valued things over life, that life ended if a stranger decided it, to be where she could be found, to feel one thing and do another. How could she hang so many contradictions in one skull”

“Dreams always end before you kill the last person.”

“The best way of getting into something is to think of it as mischief.”

“Nothing like a spider in the mouth to get you thinking.”