What are you?” I said irritably. “In the Serengeti, Ms. Lane, I would be the cheetah. I’m stronger, smarter, faster, and hungrier than everything else out there. And I don’t apologize to the gazelle when I take it down.

I'd turn and run but I'm anchored by two dudes that could hold the Titanic during a tsunami.

If you already know the answer, Ms. Lane, don’t waste my time. You just wasted a month of it.” -Barrons

If he were any other man, I might have suspected him of substance abuse, of being coked up or something. But Barrons was too much a purist for that; his drugs were money, power, and control

Anyone worth knowing breaks once. Once. No shame, no foul if you survive it. You did.

For the record, Irish," he informed her tightly, just in case she got the wrong idea, "I kneel to no one.

I'd gazed into the abyss and the abyss had gazed back, just like Daddy always said it would: You want to know about life, Mac? It's simple. Keep watching rainbows, baby. Keep looking at the sky. You find what you look for. If you go hunting good in the world, you'll find it. If you go hunting evil . . . well, don't.