Barry Ottem

“children listen to superstitious tales, the story goes, that that spot, in the heart of the "Big Cane," is a haunted place. For more than a quarter of a century, human voices had rarely, if ever, disturbed the silence of the clearing. Rank and noxious weeds had overspread the once cultivated field—serpents sunned themselves on the doorway of the crumbling cabin. It was indeed a dreary picture”
― Solomon Northup, Twelve Years a Slave: Narrative of Solomon Northup

“Hungry stomachs growl the same tune.”
― John Rachel, Love Connection: Romance in the Land of the Rising Sun

“With terrorists, whether al-Fatah or Black September or the new, supposedly religious breed, the rage and the hatred come first.”
― Frederick Forsyth, The Kill List

“All cruel people describe themselves as paragons of frankness.”
― Tennessee Williams