JOSHUA

“The story of New York is speed, is movement, movement without stopping, on the go all the time, gotta hustle,”
― Donald E. Westlake, Dancing Aztecs

“Everything in life stands on what has gone before. You do this or that because, at the moment, it seems what to do. You are faced with this or that because of what happened somewhere earlier in your journey of life. What happened earlier depends on what went before that. Who would dispute that nobody stands in a void or a vacuum?”
― Edward Bunker, Education of a Felon: A Memoir

“The thief’s underworld, which is different from that of the mafiosi, gang bangers, and racketeers, has many adages and observations. If you can’t do the time don’t mess with crime is the best-known. Another is: A thief’s nerve is in direct proportion to his financial condition. Or: Hard times make hard people.”
― Edward Bunker, Education of a Felon: A Memoir

“Or, maybe it would be better to slam seven or eight elevated superhighways across the island, knocking down everything in the way, like Robert Moses wanted.”
― Donald E. Westlake, Dancing Aztecs