Eric Bashirian

“Thus, a good Bolshevik could sleep soundly in the knowledge that the mahogany bed he was lying on was not his; and despite the fact that his apartment was furnished with priceless antiques, he had fewer possessions than a pauper!]”
― Amor Towles, A Gentleman in Moscow

“JOSH DEETS SERVED WITH ME 30 YEARS. FOUGHT IN 21 ENGAGEMENTS WITH THE COMMANCHE AND KIOWA. CHERFUL IN ALL WEATHERS, NEVER SHERKED A TASK. SPLENDID BEHAVIOUR.”
― Larry McMurtry, Lonesome Dove

“Instead he had become immured, by fear and its majordomo, habit...”
― Michael Chabon, The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay

“You’re like everybody else: some people like you, some people don’t, and some have no feeling about it one way or the other.”
― Dashiell Hammett, The Thin Man