“The obvious," Noah goes on, a little out of breath, "being that he is probably some super secret assassin or something. And I'm not as tough as I look.""That's OK," I tell him. "I'm way tougher tha...”

“Friends help each other when they are...you know...going up international hit men and stuff.”

“Ok," he says. "First lesson."Noah broadens his stance, taking his place firmly on the embassy side of the threshold. "in the United States," he says. Then, with both feet, he leaps on to the sidewa...”

“Grace, if you have used an iron within the last six months, I will eat that fork," Ms. Chancellor says."Which one?" I try to tease. "You've got a lot of forks to choose from.""From which to choose,...”

“Keep your chin up. Eventually, you will meet someone who cares about your opinion. I'm so sorry I'm not her.”

“I have to smile. He's such a dork. But I'm starting to realize the one good thing that's happened: he's my dork.”

“Snob corrupted.”

“The organized domestic terrorism of the general public is why many people regard the police as corrupt.”

“Messages of instant gratification leads to a corrupt society”

“Power is not revealed by striking hard or often, but by striking true.”

“As time and space are bent by gravity, so too is truth bent by power.”

“What a curious power words have.”