— Jack. Elizabeth is in danger.
— Have you considered just locking her up somewhere?
— She is locked up, bound to hang for helping you.
— There comes a time when one must take responsibility for one's mistakes.
— OK, so what's your game Mr Grant. 'Cause it seems like you know exactly what's gonna happen, just before it happens, and it's just like fucking with me!
— Oh, don't take it personal kid. I fuck with everybody. That's what I do. If I tie highly recommend it as an unending source of amusement.
Aw, I can't build a relationship on a lie. The lies come later.
— Look what we almost left!
— That's not mine.
— Look what we almost took!
— Will you be wanting the Batpod?
— In the middle of the day? Not very subtle.
— The Lamborghini, then. Much more subtle.
If you use your head, you won’t get fat even if you eat sweets.
— I was a soldier. I killed people.
— You were a doctor!
— I had bad days!
Oh, you were so much more fun when you were asleep.
— You've been called the da Vinci of our time. What do you say to that?
— Absolutely ridiculous. I don't paint.
I am a well-read man, I have studied various remarkable books, but I cannot make out the trend of my preferences. I don't know whether I should live or l, speaking bluntly, shoot myself. But I always carry a revolver in my pocket, just in case.
Translated from the Russian by Kathleen Cook