Michael Wallace > Quotes

“Act as if you know what you are talking about and people will assume that you do. Pretend you have no fear and you will appear confident to others.”
― Michael Wallace

“Life itself is too painful to bear, Madeline had said. Sometimes, suffering feels like an escape.”
― Michael Wallace

“You couldn’t perfect another, make him or her free from error. You couldn’t even do the same to yourself.”
― Michael Wallace, Crow Hollow

“It takes great courage to earn a great reward.”
― Michael Wallace, Crow Hollow

“How easy to falter, to doubt. It was like a blemish in the skin, and picking at it would only make it bleed, and then there would be a pock. Enough guilt and you could cover yourself with scars and blemishes.”
― Michael Wallace, Crow Hollow

“fellow”
― Michael Wallace, Crow Hollow

“Indian and a Quaker—and in the aftermath of the Indian war too.”
― Michael Wallace, Crow Hollow

“spotted. As soon as that happens,”
― Michael Wallace, The Red Sword

“there’s nothing more dangerous than an eager Gestapo agent.”
― Michael Wallace, Enemy Lines: A World War II Thriller Box Set

“Why, is there a reason why you”
― Michael Wallace, Wolf Hook

“There is no neutrality in the telling,” Prudence said firmly. “The words themselves shape the truth of the matter.”
― Michael Wallace, Crow Hollow

“drink or a cigarette in the green room. “You’re good.” Nigel pushed past him and down the hall. Only when the man slipped out the back door did Jim return to his dressing room. He locked the door, got dressed, turned out the lights, and waited in the dark. Voices sounded in the hall, laughter, the sound of feet on concrete. Doors opened and shut. Margaret called for everyone to hurry or they’d miss the cars to the villa. And nobody would want to skip the count’s party, and the chance to eat porchetta, olives, pecorino, and pane toscano, or to drain the count’s wine cellar. The pace accelerated. The back door opened, banged shut,”
― Michael Wallace, Wolf Hook

“Thou art scheming, my friend.” “Of course I am,” James said. “That’s my sworn duty.”
― Michael Wallace, Crow Hollow

“befitting your lowly”
― Michael Wallace, Wolf Hook

“They are fat of body but starved of soul.”
― Michael Wallace, The Dark Citadel

“knave. He would never”
― Michael Wallace, Crow Hollow

“had a”
― Michael Wallace, Crow Hollow

“Peter Church stood at James’s side. The older man wore the same serene smile that seemed fixed to his face at all times, whether he was about to say one of his curious Quaker prayers or was staring into the driving rain of an ocean gale. “I had supposed we had sailed”
― Michael Wallace, Crow Hollow

“There are no Christians in war.”
― Michael Wallace, Crow Hollow

“And for every crackpot prophet, there were a thousand followers willing to drink the Kool-Aid.”
― Michael Wallace, Mighty and Strong

“I was a fool and another generation of fools will simply complete what I started.”
― Michael Wallace, The Dark Citadel

“as the woman passed him with a nod and a look that turned to curiosity as she perhaps realized that he was a stranger. “What cheer,” Cooper said. “What cheer indeed,” James said. Cooper’s eyes held a question about business, a hint of impatience. “Well?”
― Michael Wallace, Crow Hollow

“Everyone is wrong about the world ending until it does end.”
― Michael Wallace, The Wicked

“You want to come along, Cap’n? You can do all the shouting and pointing, and we’ll do the shooting and killing. What do you think?”
― Michael Wallace, Blackbeard Superbox

“An oily cloud gathered about a mile behind the army, flickering with lightening. What kind of magic could”
― Michael Wallace, The Dark Citadel

“gave no sign of noticing the cold. She’d seen him take shots without flinching. Once, a careless therapist put his chair too close to the radiator and his stocking feet had burned”
― Michael Wallace, The Devil's Deep

“Peter Church chuckled. “Which will upset them more? That I’m an Indian or that I’m a Quaker?” “Let’s see if you live long enough to find out.”
― Michael Wallace, Crow Hollow

“Vermont? Rosa’s father was a fisherman. Rosa’s grandfather had been a fisherman and her brother was a fisherman. But from the time she was”
― Michael Wallace, The Devil's Deep

“wounded enemies and pressed it to his neck. James sat behind Peter’s shoulders and lifted his head. Peter’s eyes moved slowly to James’s face. “I shall soon see my savior.” James gave a hard, visible swallow. “Thou art brave and strong, friend.” “Search for the inward light. Both of you. That is the”
― Michael Wallace, Crow Hollow

“hung”
― Michael Wallace, Starship Blackbeard: The Complete Series