“I think you were probably breast fed by Ayn Rand, raised by L. Ron Hubbard and educated by Malcolm Forbes. I think you’re a vindictive narcissist deluded by his own self-worth. I think you’re probably capable of killing someone if, in your assessment, they impede your vision of a more powerful future. I also know for a fact that if you did kill Eleanor Paget, I would take you down hard, ugly and fast.”

Again, we stared at each other for a moment.

Suddenly Atchison roared with laughter, rolling back on the sofa like a child and clapping vigorously.

“That was so freakin’ cool! ‘I will take you down hard, ugly and fast,’” he repeated through his laughter. “Mind if I use that for this conference call I’ve got?”

“It’s trademarked,” I said.
— August Snow (An August Snow Novel Book 1)" by Stephen Mack Jones