Diane

“Civilization is diaphanous: a dazzling display, beautiful, a brilliant golden orb of order and geometric precision. But just touch it lightly and see toward you what evil things crawl.”
― David Grant Urban, A Line Intersected

“Unclaimed or abandoned bodies. There could be no stronger definition of loneliness.”
― David Grant Urban, A Line Intersected

“He pulled out a short-barreled pistol from the drawer and placed it on the desktop. It was not what he was looking for. The pistol might have been a stapler for all he noticed.”
― David Grant Urban, A Line Intersected

“He looked at me and smiled. I was thinking he would fit in perfectly at any college campus across the country. Instead, he ran a Godforsaken library, offering lost souls in a lost desert whatever pleasure the world’s scribblers might provide. I said goodbye and left the library.”
― David Grant Urban