You never did tell me why you became a bounty hunter." "I'd been a terrorist for twelve years. The only thing I knew how to do really well was kill p… - Mike Resnick

“This is a grim business. There’s nothing romantic about harassing an overwhelming power with no hope of winning.”
“If he knows he can’t win, why does he do it?”
“To avoid losing.”
“That sounds profound, but it doesn’t make a hell of a lot of sense,” said Cain.

He has willpower to spare," I say. "Unfortunately, what he lacks is won'tpower.

You have no moral compunctions about it?" persisted Batman.
"Hell, no," replied Monk. "As Thaddeus says, if God didn't want them fleeced, He wouldn't have made 'em sheep. Words to live by, once you become a carny.