I tried to take that as a life lesson: never underestimate the little people.
Were traditions rational, they’d be procedures.
Mister went to his spot before the fireplace and demanded that it be made warm.
I do not perceive myself to be mad. But if I were truly mad, would I be able to tell?
I remember very little of my father, but one thing I do remember is him telling me always to be polite. It costs you nothing but breath, and can buy you as much as your life.
You have to find solutions where you can, not where convenient.
I had bitten into my tongue, and I either had to spit or swallow. I swallowed. No comments, please.
The warehouse was a part of the wharves down at the lakeside, and even the chill waters of Lake Michigan were warmer than usual. They filled the air with more than the average water-scent of mud and mildew and eau de dead fishy.
It’s easy to see what choices one should have made after it is too late to go back.
You can use just about anything to make a magic circle, but salt is often the most practical. It’s a symbol of the earth and of purity, and it doesn’t draw ants. You use sugar to make a circle on the carpet only once. Let me tell you.
I longed for my bed. I longed for sleep.
Mathematically, maybe,” I said. “But trust isn’t one of those things that lends itself well to math.” “Sure it does,” Bob said. “You trust somebody, they betray you, you get a negative value. You never trust, they can never disappoint you, you break even.
None of us had known the layout to Marcone’s place, so we’d chosen to approach from the rear, on general principles of sneakiness.
It’s dark, close, cold, and intensely creepy down there. The fact that it was inhabited by things that had no love for mankind and potential radioactivity to boot didn’t do much to boost its tourism industry.
Beer, brewed in cauldrons the size of houses by machines and then served cold. It has no soul. It isn’t worthy of the name.
I used to think I loved it. But now I realize that it’s just dependency.
I am pure of heart and mind,” I told her. “I cannot be corrupted.
I’d fallen victim to one of the other classic blunders, along with not getting involved in a land war in Asia and never going in against a Sicilian when death was on the line.
He’s a rather brilliant defensive tactician,” Grimm said. “I agree,” Bayard said. “The problem is that he’s an inept defensive strategist.
I enjoyed activities and the company of friends. But they were a side dish.