Edgard Refinetti

“In my father's day a night operator, whose name he'd have known, could have told him who'd called. It would probably have been the only light on her board at that time of night, and she'd have remembered which one it was, because they were calling the doctor.

But now we have dial phones, marvelously efficient, saving you a full second or more every time you call, inhumanly perfect, and utterly brainless; and none of them will ever remember where the doctor is at night, when a child is sick and needs him. Sometimes I think we're refining all humanity out of our lives.”
― Jack Finney, Invasion of the Body Snatchers

“If you don't use your time, it'll sure use you.”
― James Sallis, Cypress Grove

“She looks tired and thin, Leaphorn was thinking. What the hell is she doing here with this hard bunch? She's too young. Why don't white people take care of their children? Then he thought of George Bowlegs. And why don't Navajos take care of their children?”
― Tony Hillerman, Dance Hall of the Dead

“[...] I've learned something about my own hunches: the only time they turn out to be meaningful is when I ignore them.”
― Steven Brust