Bob Olsen

“Christine went off on her own to look for Mrs. Symes and to buck up sick people. She made a cheery progress from bed to bed”
― Charles Portis, The Dog of the South

“any allegiance to a deity or concept or universal principle which put obedience above decent behavior toward an innocent human being was evil.”
― Dan Simmons, Hyperion

“I have noticed that doctors who fail in the practice of medicine have a tendency to seek one another’s company and aid in consultation. A doctor who cannot take out your appendix properly will recommend to you a doctor who will be unable to remove your tonsils with success. These were three such doctors.”
― Ernest Hemingway, A Farewell to Arms

“She had not insisted on one of those simple funerals that cause everybody so much trouble”
― Charles Portis, The Dog of the South