C

“This whole “going from one bar to another” made no sense to me. Didn’t they serve the same beer at every bar? What were they chasing?”
― Andrew Shaffer, Hope Rides Again

“Joe,” Barack said, “if I hear one more story about your weird 1930s all-boys prep school, I’m going to lose it. We’re going to have quiet time. Whoever can stay silent the longest gets two scoops of chocolate-chip ice cream.” “And a waffle cone?” “And a waffle cone,” he said. “We start now.” “If you think I can’t shut up for five minutes, then—” “You’re still talking.”
― Andrew Shaffer, Hope Rides Again

“You ever drive one of these things?” Barack asked, staring at the controls like Sarah Palin at a teleprompter.”
― Andrew Shaffer, Hope Rides Again

“Why so much grief for me? No man will hurl me down to Death, against my fate. And fate? No one alive has ever escaped it, neither brave man nor coward, I tell you - it’s born with us the day that we are born.”
― Homer, The Iliad