"Don’t push the on-button if you don’t know where the off-button is."

"The way I heard it, a contract is a list of all the ways two people don’t trust each other."

"“So what happens when the camera is finally invented?” Handley let his breath escape in a whoosh. “The artists are ou…"

"The sullen power of great violence forged into shapes of metal is always ugly."

"They say that killing is a mortal sin, that it is against the laws of God. If that is true—and I know now that it mus…"

"Hypocrisy piled upon hypocrisy. Not only did I try to influence the course of their actions—but I dared to do it in t…"

"“You could call it that,” Auberson sighed. It wouldn’t be correct, but you could call it that."

"“Whatever our purpose, we probably aren’t fulfilling it. We’re not functioning as we should.” He shrugged at her. “Ho…"

"Auberson’s first impression of the man was of eight pounds of potatoes in a ten-pound sack."

"It was as private as the main floor of Hell."