“Perry [Como] gave his usual impersonation of a man who has simultaneously been told to say 'Cheese' and shot in the back with a poisoned arrow.”

“Who shot him? I asked.
The grey man scratched the back of his neck and said: Somebody with a gun.”

“Somebody's out to get you
Hiding in the shadows
Poison arrows!
Somebody's out to break you
Hiding in narrows
Poison arrows!”

“Achilles was murdered with a poisoned arrow, and Jason died alone, killed by his own rotting ship. Such is the fate of heroes.”

“She had said she was afraid of Perry, and she was, but was it simply Perry she feared, or was it a configuration of which he was part […]? The eldest, the brother she loved, had shot himself; Fern had fallen out of a window, or jumped; and Perry was committed to violence, a criminal.”

“They shot me. (Talon)
No, bud. They turned you into Swiss cheese. (Nick)”

“I shot an arrow into the air,
It fell to earth, I knew not where.”

“The most talented man, as he has been told many times, does a hundred foolish things in his life.”

“The greatest American who ever lived has been shot down and killed.”

“It’s like [choosing between] being shot or poisoned.”