Quotes from Ted Bell

A hero is merely a man never afraid of being called to heaven because he is certain he has done his duty, Nicholas. -Admiral Lord Nelson (fictional)

Just write it!

Eating and sleeping are the two periods in your life where writers get a pass for not reading. Check that. Only sleeping.

He said having a smoking section in a restaurant was just like having a pissing section in a swimming pool.

Bahia Mar marina, Fort Lauderdale.

Switzerland is two times the size of the state of New Jersey, which has, by far, the larger population. Yet there are nearly a million men in the Swiss Army. It's a civilian army, a trained and practiced militia, ready to mobilize instantly. Each citizen serves for thirty years. But all of them, a million of them, mind, are ready to grab their rifles and be present at mobilization points and battle stations all over the country. Within twenty-four hours.

Hey. You know what the shark said to the clown?" "No." "You taste funny.

Pain is just weakness leaving your body.

complete works of Shakespeare bound in red leather and many other grand titles of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes and Dame Agatha Christie's memorable detectives.

I do hope I'm not interrupting what appears to be an inconvenient moment. . . .

criminalist

often took it out on me. Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose

Be sure that you do.

It was a Walther PPK, his favorite. Light and small but lethal.

Walther PPK

Walther PPK peashooter of yours.

It's Eau d'Orange Verte," she said. "Hermès.

The Queen had awakened him shortly after dawn, a call from Buck House. Her Majesty the Queen was fit to be tied.

Brock was up front with him, cuddling Alexei's beloved dog, Harry

the dog Harry was in the way back.

director under George H. W. Bush

Your Royal Majesty.

A man who was not who he appeared to be needed to be ever mindful of who he really was.

To every man is given the key to the gates of heaven. The same key opens the gates of hell. —BUDDHIST PROVERB