Nathan Ford Quotes

“Parker and Hardison look like they're having a good time."

"I see," Nate said. "Should we be worried?”
― Greg Cox, The Bestseller Job

“You think we're going to turn you over to the law?" he said. "Oh, no, we're much more dangerous than that.”
― Matt Forbeck, The Con Job

“With great leverage comes great justice.”
― Matt Forbeck, The Con Job

“Just remember, this is a collaborative effort. We don't have time for creative differences or outbreaks of artistic integrity.”
― Greg Cox, The Bestseller Job

“You people did a good thing."

"That's what we do," Nate said quietly.”
― Keith R.A. DeCandido, The Zoo Job

“Maybe you've got the patience to work out some complicated, long-term, ironic way to get back at the people who've wronged you, but that's you.”
― Greg Cox, The Bestseller Job

“Jess Drew?” Nate said. “Seriously? You couldn’t come up with a better name than that?”

“What’s wrong with Jessica Drew?” Hardison said. “It’s Spider-Woman’s real name.”

“Other than that stunning little detail—which I didn’t know about, but our mark might—there’s the fact that it sounds an awful lot like ‘Just Drew,’ which is a hell of an odd name for an artists’ agent, don’t you think?”

“The man’s a serial abuser of pseudonyms himself,” Hardison said. “Even if he does think of that, he’d probably just chalk it off as a professional name. Hell, the man took his last name from a Harry Potter spell. He’s not one to talk.”
― Matt Forbeck, The Con Job

“Sounds great,” Cha0s said. “It’s a date!”

Parker ended the call. “Ew, ew, ew!” she said. “I want to wash off my phone. No, I want to disinfect it. No, I want to throw it into the ocean.”

“When we’re done,” Nate said. “You might need that until then.”

“Great work, Parker,” Sophie said. “You reeled him in well. You could have a future in that sort of work.”

“Don’t even think about it,” Parker said. “For Hardison, I’ll do it, but—ew!”
― Matt Forbeck, The Con Job