"Quinn's always come back to the roost" (Chapter 1, p. 19).

"The masterpiece should appear as the flower to the painter - perfect in its bud as in its bloom" (Chapter 2, p. 31).

"You got me a girl present" (Chapter 3, p. 45).

"Our boy's going to be spending a hell of a lot of money on flowers for the next little while" (Chapter 4, p. 82).

"I bet Phil Seth here could talk yo into posing before the week was up" (Chapter 5, p. 98).

"We figured Foolish would cheer you up" (Chapter 6, p. 108).

"Dying's damned inconvenient, let me tell you" (Chapter 6, p. 109).

"So are you going to tell me what's keeping you up at night, or do I have to pry that out of you, too" (Chapter 7, p. 131).

"And if you've got some insane notion that me being with you is somehow cheating on Aubrey, you can forget it" (Chapter 8, p. 147).

"Being true to what...