Jarrod

“Coldmoon saw the early-morning glow of a café spilling onto the sidewalk and swerved toward it, not even bothering to ask his partner’s opinion. It was 6am and the café had apparently just opened.
“My dear Coldmoon—“ began Pendergast.
“If I don’t get some coffee,” said Coldmoon loudly, “I’m going to die.”
“Very well,” said Pendergast. “I wouldn’t want another corpse on my hands.”
― Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child, Bloodless

“Good afternoon,” Pendergast said, bowing and touching his Panama hat with one finger.
“Do you really think so?” the man replied.
“No,” Pendergast said. “But one must maintain the pleasantry of manners, even in the face of the grotesque.”
― Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child

“Zora thought that human beings would be a lot better off if they could only make up their minds to go around on four legs”
― Leonie Swann, Three Bags Full

“I should be a fool to take offence at any want of confidence”
― H G Wells, The Island of Doctor Moreau