“I've often thought a blind man could find his way through London simply by gauging the changes in innuendo: mild through Trafalgar Square, less veiled towards the river.” ProstitutionVictorian EraLondon City Book:Mr. Timothy Source: Mr. Timothy
“You are asking us to lie, Colonel?" "I am asking you to omit. Surely, amidst the...the infinite gradations of human venality, that particular sin ranks low." The old man kneaded the folds of his throat. "What happened out there belongs out there. The jungle has it; let the jungle keep it...” MonstersParanormalSecretsFearsCover UpHush HushFears For Sanity Book:Roosevelt's Beast Source: Roosevelt's Beast
“I looked down at that sleeping head with its thin, rumpled hair, and I realized then that I had come to organize my days around—around Poe, I guess, or at least around these moments. They had become part of my mind’s calendar, and I depended on them, the way you depend on seasons to follow one another or the back door to stick or your cat to grab the same splash of sunlight every aftertoon.” LoveFriendship Book:The Pale Blue Eye Source: The Pale Blue Eye
“I'm a man of a certain age - old enough to have been every kind of fool- and I find to my surprise that the only counsel I have to pass on is this: Never let your name be found in a dead man's trousers.” MenKindHas BeensEnoughAgeCertainFoundNamesFoolSurpriseDead ManTrousers Book:The Black Tower: A Novel Source: The Black Tower: A Novel
“I'm a solitary sort, I get chaffed by too many elbows.” SolitaryElbows Book:The Pale Blue Eye: A Novel Source: The Pale Blue Eye: A Novel
“Here was the thing about traveling down an uncharted river: You could only say how long you'd been traveling; you could never say how long it would be.” LongWould BeRiversUncharted Book:Roosevelt's Beast: A Novel Source: Roosevelt's Beast: A Novel
“Well, as to that, all I'll say is, you can't take out a fellow's heart before he's ready to give it up.” GivingWellsHeartReadyFellows Author:Louis Bayard