She wondered what she thought of herself, and came to the realization that she felt mostly indifference towards her entire life.

In ordinary detective novels you never see the consequences of what happens in a story in the next book. That you do in mine.

I will write a couple of books and become a millionaire.

I'm not going to apologize for the way I've led my life.

It proved once again the theory that no security system is a match for a stupid employee.

[Her] greatest fear, which was so huge and so black that it was of phobic proportions, was that people would laugh at her feelings.

What irritated her most was that they kept brushing off her arguments with patronizing smiles, making her feel like a teenager being quizzed on her homework. Without actually uttering a single inappropriate word, they displayed towards her an attitude that was so antediluvian it was almost comical. You shouldn't worry your pretty head over complex matters, little girl.