Quotes from David Archer

They were about as inconspicuous as a naked Schwarzenegger walking into a Hell's Angel club and saying, "Gimme your cloze.

that membership of a special club—whether it's a religion, a priesthood, an aristocracy or political movement—can drive people crazy to the point of believing themselves superior…" I turned to Pamela and added, "and with the right of life and death over entire races.

best songwriting partner I've ever had, but besides that, he's a pretty good guy. We have a sort of history together, but I won't go into that. I just have a bad feeling about this, and I don't think we're gonna see him again." Sam got back into his

Real men don't read directions, don't ask for directions, and never let a lack of understanding stop them

Alfie had been a private investigator

We live in hell, Mason. We are born into hell. You fight or you go under. And anyone who tries to pull you out, gets pulled under too. All you can do is help people to help themselves. But the bottom line? You have to do it yourself.

somewhere isolated.

She pointed through the windshield at the intersection with First Street. "That is the intersection with First Street NE. I can pretend it's the intersection with Fifth Street as long as I like, but it won't change the fact. It is what it is.

Rather than modifying her personality by adjusting her base programming, she wanted to do so naturally, by simply considering the ramifications of her thoughts and actions. Looking down on Stanley, to her, was essentially a form of racism; the last thing she wanted was to consider herself a racist of any kind, but defeating it inside her own personality meant learning, not reprogramming.

However, it is possible to be a genius and still be rather stupid,

There, in the dirty sludge of a winter highway, he learned for the first time that a lot of life is all in the mind.

Give the world a common enemy, and they will happily surrender their liberties," Gary said softly. "That was one of the things Kissinger said.

Genius is the ability to see past the limitations that most of us are faced with, and accomplish the impossible.

know anything about, and so far, the

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A cat said goodbye by simply sticking its tail in the air and walking away.

To live your whole life in exile, that's horrible.

One of the things that has always amazed me is how many people will work harder at doing something criminal, something that will make some fast cash but have a high risk of ruining their lives, than they will at doing something that's perfectly legitimate and can keep them happy for the rest of their days.

It was a delightful drive up to Great Falls. There were more trees than people, which is always a good sign.

We've been wed nigh sixty years, now. If that young man is worth your love, dear, don't you let him get away! 'Tis a great comfort, to love one man for so many years. You'll see.

as I weaved and wended my dappled way toward Jackson Lane, I felt certain nobody here would ever commit an impolite crime, and whatever crimes they did commit, they would never be so vulgar as to get caught.

flexible as the IRS.

When one dies, the energy that is the life force within them does not cease to exist. In this universe, energy can be neither created nor destroyed, but only changed from one state to another. While we live, that energy is the power source of the body; at death, it is released and becomes the disembodied soul of who we were.

died. She got the reputation of being a witch because of these ointments and potions she makes out of stuff she finds in the woods. To be honest, some of them work better than the medicines you get from the doctor, but everybody's just a little bit afraid of her.