Mark R. Jones > Quotes

“The main difference between a lawyer and a prostitute is that a prostitute won't screw you after you're dead.”
― Mark Jones, Wicked Charleston, Volume 2: Prostitutes, Politics and Prohibition

“During the settling of the American colonies, it was said that the Spaniards would first build a church, the Dutch would first build a fort and the English a tavern. Welcome to Charleston, an English colony founded in 1670.”
― Mark Jones, Wicked Charleston: The Dark Side of the Holy City

“Charleston is not the center of the universe, but it should be. That is the persistent perception of many locals.”
― Mark Jones, Wicked Charleston, Volume 2: Prostitutes, Politics and Prohibition

“In Charleston, temperance is a four letter word.”
― Mark Jones, Wicked Charleston, Volume 2: Prostitutes, Politics and Prohibition

“the city is full of three types of people, the first being soldiers, the other classes are politicians and prostitutes, both very numerous, and about equal in honesty and morality.”
― Mark Jones, Wicked Charleston, Volume 2: Prostitutes, Politics and Prohibition