Samuel M. Steward > Quotes

“Hannah had no ear for music, she thought, pulling out one of the combs. Of course, no one liked that jazz music, but Hannah ought to know enough to get some good orchestra. Jazz was terrible. Even a radio play was better than that awful boom-boom.”
― Samuel M. Steward, Angels on the Bough

“The trouble with bravery is," said Johnny. "that if you are brave too often people will come to expect it of you all the time.”
"Or," said René, "bravery is often just the action of someone who does not know what to do next, and acts out of panic.”
― Samuel M. Steward, The Caravaggio Shawl

“Gertrude carefully replaced the telephone in its cradle. She looked at Alice and said, "Guess who arrove in Paris three days ago."
"Arrived, Lovey," said Alice.
"I prefer arrove," said Gertrude. "It sounds more past tense than arrived. Besides, if you can say arise and arose why not arrive and arrove."
"For all the best possible reasons," said Alice, putting down the red polishing cloth she was holding, and laying the small silver-plated gun on top of it. "Logic does not apply to language. But tell me who arrove.”
― Samuel M. Steward, The Caravaggio Shawl

“If someone sent you a suicide note," Gertrude said. "You'd correct the spelling and send it back to them."
"They'd at least die grammatically," said Alice.”
― Samuel M. Steward, The Caravaggio Shawl