K4

“Their little brains—and I use the term charitably, really what little capacity they possess amounts more to computing clumps than actual brains—find nothing more fascinating or conversation-worthy than the amount of dust that has accumulated since the last cleaning, or, if it's a particularly exciting day, how a group of them might best cooperate to nudge an especially large piece of trash into a receptacle.”
― Mark L. Van Name, One Jump Ahead

“I thought about Franks' mistake and how easy it was to assume the wrong thing—and then pay dearly.”
― Mark L. Van Name, One Jump Ahead

“All that was long ago, and a mill does not turn upon water that is past, nor does a ship sail with the winds of yesterday.”
― Louis L'Amour, Rivers West: A Novel

“Jarndyce and Jarndyce drones on. This scarecrow of a suit has, in course of time, become so complicated that no man alive knows what it means.”
― Charles Dickens, Bleak House