The mind discerns and decides, and the heart vetoes. It is a very inefficient system. - Mike Resnick

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 people.

A moral assassin," she said with an amused smile.
"Not everyone gets into this business because they like to kill people," he replied.
"Then why do you do it?"
"Because I find all forms of business distasteful," answered Chandler. "This one pays me enough so that I don't have to work very often.

“You know,” he said unhappily, “I never did like you much. You were always too ambitious, always scheming and plotting.”
“Why should I deny it?” she said calmly. “I’ll only add that it’s people like you who made it easy.”
“What’ll you do when you finally get to the top, and there are no more bodies to climb over?”
“Mostly, I’ll enjoy it,” she replied.