Who knew what evil lurked in the hearts of men? A copper, that's who. (...)You saw how close men lived to the beast. You realized that people like Carcer were not mad. They were incredibily sane. They were simply men without a shield. They'd looked at the world and realized that all the rules didn't have to apply to them, not if they didn't want them to. They weren't fooled by all the little stories. They shook hands with the beast.

She was beautiful, but she was beautiful in the way a forest fire was beautiful: something to be admired from a distance, not up close.

She was a beefy young woman and, whatever piece of music she was playing, it was definitely losing.

Have a bit more patience with newbies. Of course some of them act dumb - they're often students, for heaven's sake.

Getting an education was a bit like a communicable sexual disease. It made you unsuitable for a lot of jobs and then you had the urge to pass it on.

In ancient times cats were worshiped as gods; they have not forgotten this.

This book had two authors, and they were both the same person.