James D. Doss > Quotes

“[Charlie] Moon was trying hard to get a handle on this. Maybe he's got a PhD. What with pass-fail replacing conventional grading, Internet diploma mills, and who knows what other academic innovations that has been driving the dumbing-down in American education, you couldn't tell who might have a sheepskin tucked away in his hip pocket.”
― James D. Doss, Three Sisters

“The clever old conniver continued to cogitate.”
― James D. Doss

“Two heads are twice as good as half as many.”
― James D. Doss, Coffin Man

“Needless to say, urgings by ravens are ignored at one's peril.”
― James D. Doss

“[Attending the Sun Dance] There was a smattering of tourists, both serious and recreational. Professors of anthropology and ethnology. Writers of fact and other fiction. A family from Wisconsin pausing on their long, sacred pilgrimage to The Land of Disney.”
― James D. Doss, The Shaman's Game

“Two heads are twice as good as half many.”
― James D. Doss, Coffin Man

“with a white bead”
― James D. Doss, White Shell Woman

“Suitable sentiment for an epitaph:
BEFORE THIS HAPPENED I WAS HAVING A GOOD TIME”
― James D. Doss, The Old Gray Wolf

“Hidden within the heart of every man is that small boy who shudders at those dread things who shuffle among the shadows”
― James D. Doss, The Shaman's Game