Jacopo della Quercia > Quotes

“Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales was expected to clock in at anywhere between 100 and 120 chapters. Unfortunately, the dude only managed to finish 24 tales before he suffered an insurmountable and permanent state of writer's block commonly known as death.”
― Jacopo della Quercia

“What does it do?” “I don’t know.” Robert shrugged. “It was on the original Roosevelt desk. We think it fired a pistol concealed beneath the tabletop.”
― Jacopo della Quercia, The Great Abraham Lincoln Pocket Watch Conspiracy

“The office's olive green walls with gold accents gave the room the charm of a poker table from the Old West”
― Jacopo della Quercia, The Great Abraham Lincoln Pocket Watch Conspiracy

“I don't know, John. Yesterday was a pretty embarrassing day in my career. I don't want to repeat it with one of the most powerful men on the planet."
"Really?" Wilkie chirped. "I kind of enjoyed it!"
"John, you left Thomas Edison in tears for no other reason than your own amusement."
"That's not true," Wilkie corrected. "Dr. Tesla thought it was funny as hell.”
― Jacopo della Quercia, The Great Abraham Lincoln Pocket Watch Conspiracy