He wore red, white, and blue, but he didn’t look patriotic—he looked like a sloppily wrapped birthday present. But it’s not his fault. I tried to wrap him as tight as I could without restricting movement.

“A brick could be dropped at the feet of your enemy, as a gift, as an insult, as…”

“Nobody can stop me. But only because I haven’t started yet.”

“Stop a drunk driver and you stop a murderer—even if he hasn’t killed anyone yet…”

“Why did she want to see me for 15 minutes? I guess because half an hour was twi…”