I'd rather have a go at life, so there's something to talk about once we're gone.

Just a rat, she repeated to herself. After all, there were rats in the palace. Human and otherwise. Could be worse.

Haven't you heard about me?" he said, with a tight smile. "I'm really a very dangerous person." And he did look dangerous until he said, "Look, could you watch Dog for me while I'm gone? I can't take him where I'm going.

He keeps this up, he's bound to be caught, she thought. And this time they'll dangle him for certain.

I like rough edges. That's what makes a person real.

Admit nothing - that was his first rule. Appeal to logic - second rule. Delay the inevitable - third rule.

He expects nothing, she thought, because he's never had anything. And nothing was expected of him. He was free in a way she never would be.