Why did you ever like him, Mouse?" asked Penelope. "I was lonely," said the Mouse with a sigh, "and sometimes lonely people make poor choices. - Mike Resnick

He didn't seem to mind his people being fleeced so much after I slapped him a couple of thousand credits," remarked Flint wryly. "I guess death and taxes aren't the only constants in the universe.

He was destined to desert me."
"How do you know I won't?"
"Because you are selfish enough and greedy enough and immoral enough to realize that your best interest lies in total fealty to me," she replied.
"I don't know that I especially like that assessment of me," said the Kid.
"The question is not whether you like it," replied Penelope, "but whether it is true.

Gloria, the world—hell, the whole damned universe—is divided into just two groups: meat eaters and meat. It has been my experience that the former never feels sorry for the latter.