“An untied shoelace can be dangerous,' he said.'I could have tripped.'She stared at him. A moment dragged by.'I'm joking,' he said at last.She relaxed. 'Really?''Absolutely. I would never have tripp...”

“Where are you going?""Nowhere special. I just have some... things to do.""Why did you pause?'"I'm sorry?""You paused. You have 'some... things to do.'"No reason, I just--""You're up to something.""...”

“Is he all scarred now?Magic gets rid of most physical scars, but I like to think I scarred him emotionally.”

“Have you killed anyone? she asked quickly.What? Did you miss what I said, about turning murder intoan art form?But you havent actually killed anyone yet, have you? I readyour file.He glowered. Tech...”

“Look at what you've done,' Sanguine said, shaking his head with mock severity. 'You have foiled out insidious little plot. You have emerged triumphant and victorious. Curse you, do-gooders. Curse you.”

“No one likes sarcasm, Miss Cain. Ive merely delayed my exit to promise you something. You took my straight razor, lil darlin. That I view as an unforgivable offense. So when the time comes, when yo...”

“A lady's imagination is very rapid; it jumps from admiration to love, from love to matrimony in a moment.”

“I've always said that idleness dulls the spirit. We have to keep the brain busy, or at least the hands if we don't have a brain.”

“If your workplace was somehow transplanted into the jungle and everyone was forced to survive at a very primitive level, it's safe to say that eventually your boss would rape you.”