It is impossible to go through life without trust: that is to be imprisoned in the worst cell of all, oneself. - Graham Greene

The economy of a novelist is a little like that of a careful housewife who is unwilling to throw away anything that might perhaps serve its turn. Perhaps the comparison is closer to the Chinese cook who leaves hardly any part of a duck unserved.

God...created a number of possibilities in case some of his prototypes failed — that is the meaning of evolution.

...he knew there wasn't a soul in the mob he could trust – except perhaps Dallow. That didn't matter. You couldn't make mistakes when you trusted nobody.