Joseph Harder

“Bailey might not have great intelligence or abilities, but his whole aim, thought and study was that of the born leader--to look out for himself; and he did it with that born-leader's confidence and intensity that draws along the ordinary uncertain man, who soon confuses his own interest and his own safety with that of the leader.”
― James Gould Cozzens, The Just And The Unjust: A Gripping Crime Mystery – Classic Police Drama in a Small-Town Murder Trial

“Guile is the shield and spear of the oppressed.”
― Thornton Wilder, The Eighth Day: A Novel

“Whether he remained here, or found a means to leave, he ought certainly to possess himself of the best possible weapons. By the term Mr. Lecky understood some sort of firearm. The fact that he was totally unacquainted with the use of guns assisted him in the illusion that, given a revolver, he would instantly become formidable. Trusting machines as he did, he regarded a revolver as a small killing machine. He believed that its operation required little more than pointing and pulling a trigger. The revolver would obediently deliver, unerring and fast as light, death to a great distance.”
― James Gould Cozzens, Castaway

“The first test of ability and intelligence is to find a field of endeavor in which profits are large and risks small.”
― James Gould Cozzens, The Just And The Unjust: A Gripping Crime Mystery – Classic Police Drama in a Small-Town Murder Trial