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A man makes his mark as much by the quality of his enemies as by the quality of his friends.
The Moon Maid and Other Fantastic Adventures (1998)
Staring into the face of a corpse is sure to make one question where life is headed.
The Moon Maid and Other Fantastic Adventures (1998)
The king is free to call his greed taxation, and his misdeeds justice.
The Moon Maid and Other Fantastic Adventures (1998)
Nothing beats going to bed dead and waking up alive.
The Moon Maid and Other Fantastic Adventures (1998)
We tend to view history not as it was, but as we think it should have been.
The Moon Maid and Other Fantastic Adventures (1998)
A single truth well-told did the work of a dozen lies.
The Moon Maid and Other Fantastic Adventures (1998)
“This isn’t fair.”
“Hell, no! It’s democracy.”
The Moon Maid and Other Fantastic Adventures (1998)
“This is not possible. Here in America we have democracy.”
“Hell, honey,” said the Irish woman, “this ain’t America, this is San Francisco.”
The Moon Maid and Other Fantastic Adventures (1998)
This ain’t America, this is San Francisco.
Four Kings and an Ace (1990)
Smack, crack, crank, speed, booze, acid, has, bhang, poppies, and belladonna; none of the above (or all of them taken at once) had even half the addictive power of gaming.
The Moon Maid and Other Fantastic Adventures (1998)
“Why are they shooting at us?”
The older man stared at her. Kurt answered evenly, “That is what every soldier wants to know—I suppose it is because we are shooting at them.”
The Moon Maid and Other Fantastic Adventures (1998)
Money can make you do ghastly things.
Ring Rats (2002)
Dieter had the true Gypsy contempt for governments, plunging their people into one holocaust after another, calling each new disaster leadership. Or statescraft.
The Moon Maid and Other Fantastic Adventures (1998)
He is a Nevada senator, a pimp, and a railroad lawyer; all three professions having much the same qualifications. He is also a saloonkeeper, but no man in Nevada is anything unless he is also a saloonkeeper.
The Moon Maid and Other Fantastic Adventures (1998)