I was only following orders," the Mayor mocks. "The refuge of scoundrels since the dawn of time.

Yer the only friend I got, pigpiss... Ain't that the biggest tragedy you ever heard?

Viola blows out a thoughtful air. "My dad used to say, 'There's only forward, Vi, only outward and up.'" "There's only forward," I repeat. "Outward and up," she says.

A monster, I think, remembering what Ben told me once. War makes Monsters of Men.

For me it is really important to have a story with blood in the veins, there are bad tempers and good tempers.

Do you not wonder sometimes, she showed now, sadly, if in some ways they are correct? That we are asking too much of the world?"No," he said. "They're the ones who are asking for too little."

I just stand there like a doofus wondering just what in the effing blazes is going on.