Cliff Townsend

“Books are a uniquely portable magic.”
― Stephen King, On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft

“Champagne, if you are seeking the truth, is better than a lie detector.”
― Graham Greene

“My grandfather always said that living is like licking honey off a thorn.”
― Louis Adamic

“This is a work of fiction.
If certain characters resemble people in real life, it is because certain people in real life resemble characters from a novel.
Nobody, therefore, is entitled to feel included in this book.
Nobody, by the same token, to feel excluded.”
― Fernando Del Paso, Palinuro de México