Jon Goracy

Ray: [on the phone] She couldn't tell me what breed the other dog was. She was young when it died. They had it put to sleep, she said. It's a silly term for it, don't you think? I mean, you're gonna kill something you ought to have the courage to say that's what you're doing. You're not talking. You still there?

Matt Scudder: I'm here.

Ray: I gather it was a mongrel. So many of us are.

Ray: [negotiating over the phone] You could grab me.

Matt Scudder: You'll have that knife you keep talking about, a gun, too, if you want one.

Ray: You'll see my face.

Matt Scudder: Wear a mask.

Ray: Cuts the visibility.

Matt Scudder: I already know what you look like, *Ray*.

Ray: What do you know?

Matt Scudder: I know you're a genetic fuck-up, who if I'd met on the street 10 years ago, I'd have thrown you out of a fucking window.