“Hero, he said softly, in a manner that was much like his fathers. Vengeance and glory are the ways of the Greeks and the Trojans. We are of the Herdsmen.”

“It is not easy to soothe the immortal gods from their vengeance.”

“Hero, said Machaon to his sister who was still muttering to her gods. Please stop. Surely the gods would have heard you by now lets try not to annoy them.”

“The sadness of death lies in the fact that it cannot be reversed. Cherish the world of the living whilst you have it, for you cannot visit there again.”

“He has been known to devour men. Hes a cannibal? Cadmus asked in horror. Well, not really, Daemon replied. He is a Cyclops. He does not eat his own kind just men and only those who challenge him ...”

“You know, Mac,”Cadmus said still looking out the window. “We may have to work on the way we tell our story …apparently it’s not amusing enough.” “I’ll try to include a joke between ‘he bled to deat...”

“May the fleas of a thousand camels invade the crotch of the person that ruins your day. And may their arms be to short too scratch”

“A grandmother pretends she doesn't know who you are on Halloween.”

“He sat staring before him, seeing nothing but a long line of Mortimers, inexhaustable and prolific to the end of time.”

“It's better to be loved than feared, but if you can't be loved, then fear will do.-Dino quoting Machiavelli”

“Something bad was about to happen. My wife was being clever again.”

“I am often thought of as being remarkably bright, and yet my brains, more often than not, are busily devising new and interesting ways of bringing my enemies to sudden, gagging, writhing, agonizing...”

“Failed relationships can be described as so much wasted make-up.”

“Sex without love is a meaningless experience, but as far as meaningless experiences go its pretty damn good.”

“Aside from the obvious, Francesca, what do you want in return for supplying information? Bones asked, getting back to the subject. You to take me, she replied at once. Not gonna happen! I spat, squ...”