Bruce Alterman > Quotes

“He also manufactured his personal brand of whiskey in distilleries that were hidden around upstate New York, including the deep notches of the Catskill Mountains, located about a hundred miles north of New York City.”
― Bruce Alterman, Fear in Phoenicia: The Deadly Hunt for Dutch Schultz's Treasure

“The room was very shadowy, almost totally black all around, except for the light coming from the bright bulb of the lamp.”
― Bruce Alterman, Fear in Phoenicia: The Deadly Hunt for Dutch Schultz's Treasure

“Her panic was too physically encompassing; apprehension tightly gripped every muscle and squeezed her breath away like a boa constrictor wrapped around her body. The experience awakened her sense”
― Bruce Alterman, Fear in Phoenicia: The Deadly Hunt for Dutch Schultz's Treasure

“There is nothing so strong or safe in an emergency of life as the simple truth. —Charles Dickens”
― Bruce Alterman, Fear in Phoenicia: The Deadly Hunt for Dutch Schultz's Treasure