Sanguine felt the ridiculous urge to reach out and poke him, just to see if he’d react, but he’d seen that kind of anger before. It was the quiet kind. The dangerous kind.

It's really not as bad as it sounds. I was attacked by a shark once, back when I was alive. Well, not so much a shark as a rather large fish. And not so much attacked as looked at menacingly. But it had murder in its eyes, that fish. I knew, in that instant, if our roles had been reversed and the fish had been holding the fishing pole and I had been the one to be caught, it wouldn't hesitate a moment before eating me. So I cooked it and ate before it had a chance to turn the tables.

Only a heathen would bring a gun to a sword fight.' And only a moron would bring a sword to a gunfight.

If there is one regret that I have had in my life, it is that I never fathered any children. There are times, when I look at what Fergus and Beryl have produced, when I consider myself fortunate, but there are also times when it breaks my heart.

She wants to be polite and not hurt your feelings, so she's not going to laugh right now. But inside, inside she's laughing.

But I'm really enjoying my retirement. I get to sleep in every day. I do crossword puzzles and eat cake.

You are a cynical man, Mr. Pleasant." "We live in cynical times, Miss Cain.