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Quotes from The Three-Legged Hootch Dancer — Mike Resnick

1942–2020 United States

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Gloria, the world—hell, the whole damned universe—is divided into just two groups: meat eaters and meat. It has been my experience that the former never feels sorry for the latter.

The Three-Legged Hootch Dancer (1983)

“Nothing personal,” Mr. Ahasuerus, replied Flint, “but what the hell do you know about it? Your entire experience has been with a carny crew. The next normal human you meet will be the first.”

The Three-Legged Hootch Dancer (1983)

The doctors told told me there would be some pain involved. Hah! When a surgeon suggest that you might feel a bit of mild discomfort, you can bet your bottom dollar you’re about to undergo the agony of the damned.

The Three-Legged Hootch Dancer (1983)

I was so average, Tojo. Even after I stopped being fat I was just an average girl with average parents and average grades and average friends. I was always afraid I was going to have an average husband and sleep with him 3.4 times a week and have 2.2 children.

The Three-Legged Hootch Dancer (1983)

“Procyon III does have a gravity identical to Earth’s,” said Mr. Ahasuerus apologetically.
“I suspect it’s also about as heavily populated as Saskatchewan.”
“I am unacquainted with that location,” said the blue man.
“So is everyone else.”

The Three-Legged Hootch Dancer (1983)

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Mike Resnick (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.