“Well, you’re grown-ups,” she said, in a tone of voice that did its best to imply that they weren’t, and that even if they were they shouldn’t be.”
― American Gods
― American Gods
“...Minnesota, Wisconsin, all around there... has the kind of women I liked when I was younger. Pale-skinned and blue-eyed, hair so fair it's almost white, wine-colored lips, and round, full breasts with the veins running through them like a good cheese.”
― American Gods: Tenth Anniversary
― American Gods: Tenth Anniversary
“Again it might have been the American tendency in travel. One goes, not so much to see but to tell afterward.”
― Travels with Charley: In Search of America
― Travels with Charley: In Search of America
“You only get to be my age by assuming the worst.” Shadow smiled. “And how old would that be?” “Old as my tongue,” said Wednesday. “And a few months older than my teeth.”
― American Gods
― American Gods
“He rested sitting on the un-stepped mast and sail and tried not to think but only to endure.”
― The Old Man and the Sea
― The Old Man and the Sea
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