Alan

“What's the hurry?" he said
"This door is locked," Tully told him.
"So?"
"Can you pick a lock?"
"I'll give it a try."
"Be my guest" Tully said, stepping to one side.
Pap blew the lock away with the shotgun. He pushed the door open with the barrel.”
― Patrick F. McManus, The Blight Way

“We all have a Monster within; the difference is in degree, not in kind.”
― Douglas Preston, The Monster of Florence

“Open eyes are of little use when the mind behind them is closed.”
― Jim Butcher, Princeps' Fury

“The machete was needed anytime you had to slash out your own trail. This necessity arose more often than a person who is not a kid with a machete might think.”
― Patrick F. McManus, A Fine and Pleasant Misery