"When she found his eyes, hers were fuller and sharper, lit with something that had entered the world centuries before civilized things." Page 19

"That's what it took to stay on top in the rackets—everyone had to know you'd long ago amputated your conscience." Page 23

"Some men wore their power as if it were a coat they couldn't get to fit or to stop itching. Thomas Coughlin wore his like it had been tailored for him in London." Page 30

"For a moment he feared she'd jump over the balcony rail, but then the sickness in her face turned to a smile. And he realized what had placed the grief in her face: she'd never expected to see him again." Page 63

"Luck is life and life is luck. And it's leaking from the moment in lands in your hand." Page 91

"When two men pointed their guns at each...