Stevan Allred > Quotes

“That crow," the frigate bird said, "is a picaroon if ever I saw one."

"A picaroon and a poxy pignut," the cormorant said, "but he is bound by his oath.”
― Stevan Allred, The Alehouse at the End of the World

“he had a tattoo that I had never seen before. He showed it to me, and then he showed it to the guy who ran the ride, and that guy gave him a big grin. The tattoo was of a red bumper car with yellow lightning bolts coming off the top of the pole. Underneath the car it said “Born to Bump,” and this was how much Uncle Lenny loved bumper cars, the way his face got all crinkly around the eyes when he showed me his tattoo, and him wanting to have that picture on his arm forever.”
― Stevan Allred, A Simplified Map of the Real World: The Renata Stories

“A change in rulers, thought the fisherman, is a time of turbulence. A time of both risk and opportunity.”
― Stevan Allred, The Alehouse at the End of the World

“There is an old adage," said the cormorant, his bill spreading in a grin. "Better to keep one's mouth shut and be thought a fool, than to open one's mouth and remove all doubt.”
― Stevan Allred, The Alehouse at the End of the World

“Diligence is the mother of the fortuitous,' said the frigate bird.”
― Stevan Allred, The Alehouse at the End of the World