Edmonton is Canada's answer to Omaha. Solid, unassuming, and surrounded by a whole lot of nothing. It's a place that makes you think of sensible shoes.

I've been accused of being a minimalist writer. I don't like a lot of verbiage in there.

Chance wore a white tuxedo with tails. On anyone else? Doopy. On him? Yes, please.

Death in anonymity is the ultimate insult to human dignity.

Who's going to rob us? A crackhead crab? A jellyfish junkie?

Why do all your brilliant ideas involve felonies?

I've never lost my capacity to be shocked.

Indecision is the key to flexibility.

Channel your outrage ... Do that which you are able to do.

Though a good cop, Luc Claudel has the patience of a firecracker, the sensitivity of Vlad the Impaler, and a persistent skepticism as to the value of forensic anthropology. Snappy dresser, though.

Experience is a valuable thing. It enables us to recognize mistakes when we repeat them.

Courage is a strong will.

Faeries are real. Magic is real. My tendency to greet dangerous situations by plunging in headfirst and seeing how long it takes to get myself covered head to toe in blood is also real.

So if I was to choose? Then I choose complicated, ” I said, with a nod of finality. I met his eyes again in a silent challenge.“I choose you.

All the gods know is destinations.

Don't send me flowers when I'm dead. If you like me, send them while I'm alive.

I despise all adjectives that try to describe people as liberal or conservative, rightist or leftist, as long as they stay in the useful part of the road.

Mister Straw hat is going to be an enemy of mine but even a bond of enmity is still a bond.-Trafalgar Law

People who expect enmity to suddenly convert into love are probably using the wrong model.

I always try to have a vacation.

Architecture trumps licensing any time.