James Alan Gardner

“Don't be such a party-pooper, missy --when you're well and truly screwed, either you just sit pissing yourself or you invent some reason to hope.”

“The council is a place where everyone schemes against everyone else, and people talk incessantly about Power with a capital "Pow".”

“If you agree to work for us, half the time you won't know the purpose of your duties . . . and when we do explain, we might not be telling the truth. But that's the real world, folks . . .”