I've seen that mixture of resignation and hopelessness before; its usually in my mirror.

Etienne gave me lessons. Three of them. Then he said I was a menace and refused to teach me anything more for fear that I’d slice his head off.

Just once, I want to meet the villain in a cheerful, brightly lit room. Possibly one with kittens.

Nobody cares if you're an idiot, as long as you're a useful one.

It's the oldest story in the world. Boy loves girl. Boy loses girl. Boy gets girl back thanks to the unethical behavior of megalomaniacal mad scientists who never met a corpse they wouldn't try to resurrect. Anyone coming within a hundred yards of my happy ending had better pray that they're immune to bullets. - Shaun Mason

...a truth you don't understand is more dangerous than a lie.

...but that was the thing about reality. It didn't need to make sense.