Ross

“It's tough to make a living in my racket. Most people who need detecting done just go to the cops. They're free. I have to charge money for essentially the same service. Another thing that makes it tough is that I'm not the best detective in town. In fact in this building you have to pass the offices of three detectives who are better than me to get to my place. So I guess I lose some business that way.”
― John Swartzwelder, The Time Machine Did It

“I’m a simple man without a lot of complicated twists and turns. Look down my throat and you can see out my ass. Naturally,”
― Liu Cixin, The Three-Body Problem