“Do you ever have Deja Vu?’‘I could ask in the kitchen, see if they've got any in.”

“Look,’ said Cobb, ‘I live in the city. The only wildlife I ever get to see is rats. If I want to catch a rabbit I go to the butchers!”

“Don't you wish you could do what birds do?''What ... make custard?''No, fly south for the winter.”

“I’m sorry, I thought you were together.’‘Why, do I look like an organ grinder?’ said Cobb.”

“And then there were her eyes. Two grey gimlets. They had a gaze that could strip wallpaper. They made you think that she could look deeply into your eyes and read the manufacturer’s label on the inside of your skull.”

“She was one of those women that makes any red blooded male look at her and go, ‘Ah yes … now I remember why I’m a man.”

“Never eat at a restaurant that has a handbrake.Never buy food from any place that won’t be there next morning.”