“There are as many good things about civilization as bad. Perhaps more. And we would miss them. From toothbrushes to electric lights. From clean water to democracy. From bookstores to the kind of gentle, tolerant argumentation that never resorts to violence and allows for the slow changing of opinions,…and the gradual and diverse evolving of everybody’s minds. The core of what we now know that it means”
― Alas, Babylon
― Alas, Babylon
“Whoever he said he was, thought Marsh, he was not from the immigration department, and the web that he was convinced Walsh had been weaving was beginning to unravel with disastrous and dangerous consequences.”
― The Devil's Trinity
― The Devil's Trinity
“A domestic event as commonplace as washing can trigger the most varied emotions.”
― The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
― The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
“You ask, ‘Why am I really fighting this?’ If the answer is ‘Because I’m scared of what things will be like,’ then, most times, you’re fighting for the wrong reason...”
― The Story of Edgar Sawtelle
― The Story of Edgar Sawtelle
“Phil, we're the laughing stock of the nation,"
said Hobbs Creek mayor to police chief, "We
have a cop who faints at the sight of blood!”
― Under the Bus
said Hobbs Creek mayor to police chief, "We
have a cop who faints at the sight of blood!”
― Under the Bus
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