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"Game theory has fucked me, filled my head full of stratagems and suspects, the illusion of being in control."

"I wondered what the neighbours thought about having Summer and Spider move in, thereby reducing property prices at a stroke."

'It's basic game theory. Do whatever the other player isn't expecting. And he won't expect this.'
'Because it's fucking dumb.'

"There were people downstairs who deserved the information in my head. I couldn't keep all of this to myself. But even then, I was thinking game theory. They were players but that didn't mean they had to know everything."

"Eventually, silence, like a cat, stretched and curled around the house. I was aware of its claws and knew that at some stage it would use them."

"I know my sister. And it's not a good idea to keep on smacking a live hand grenade with a sledgehammer."

Jamie has a way with words

"Maybe I shouldn't have been surprised at his reaction. After all, he had asymmetrical hair."