Pale Fire Press

“Most people spend their whole lives waging war—against people they don't even know. And against themselves, whom they know least of all."

from BETWEEN TWO DESERTS”
― Germaine Shames, Between Two Deserts

“Bureaucrats do not take kindly to intercessions. Their one satisfaction in life is to keep us waiting in line, begging for that last signature.”
― Germaine Shames, You, Fascinating You

“What wounds a man mortally is living with a woman,
sharing her bed, and knowing he is not loved. Not even
esteemed. Knowing, that in the eyes of the woman he has
chosen above all others, he is nothing. Nothing at all.”
― Germaine Shames

“Dignitaries may sign treaties, but wars never end. Oil dries and bombs run out, but never a mother's tears.”
― Germaine Shames, You, Fascinating You