Quotes from Ridley Pearson

If you know yourself but not your enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat. - Teddy Sumner

Noble aspirations disperse fast under the pressures of reality . p208(hardcover)

I think every fiction writer, to a certain extent, is a schizophrenic and able to have two or three or five voices in his or her body. We seek, through our profession, to get those voices onto paper.

Don't try to sound cool. Guys do that all the time, and I'm telling you it's a complete turnoff, okay? Just be you. You're cute; live with it. But don't try to sound like James Bond or something, because you're not. - Summer Sumner

Mistake number one: don't ever expect a woman to do what you think she's going to do. Mistake number two: don't ever tell her what to do because that's a surefire way of making sure she doesn't. - cowboy John

Once we lost Clive the Glide it was all over.

The building was one of seventeen on various lists for demolition, some of which had been offered to the city—in lieu of tax breaks—for fire training.

Call me Roy. Everyone else does." He liked her looks—there was no missing that glint in his eyes, and it disgusted her.

to it. "Okay," he said. "Now I believe.

By all appearances the cabin was unoccupied, but the car tracks in the mud indicated this place was frequented often;

We're no longer in the Animal Kingdom, we're in Maleficent's kingdom.

The rain was nothing more than the emergency sprinkler system gone wild. All this trouble could be easily explained: the sprinklers malfunctioning. Maleficent had done her job well.

That's right, Philby said, remembering. You're a computer freak, aren't you, Maybeck? Freak? I'm freaking good with them, if that's what you're asking.

The Power Poker lottery would be won by a person having no ties to any Chicago street gangs or terrorists—Joe Normal.

Three nights ago at the end of the Fantasmics show, the dragon set Mickey on fire. Obviously, that's not supposed to happen. Mickey is supposed to win. He jumped into the water. He's all right. The crowd laughed. They didn't get it. But Mickey could have…He could have…could be in some serious trouble. And then what?

It's true, I'm impressed with myself, almost daily. If I don't impress myself then how am I ever to feel accomplished? Who cares if you impress others? Indeed. Others' opinions hardly matter, but one's own sense of accomplishment is paramount, is it not?

Boldt glanced up to check the sharpshooter: The man had changed positions, and now hid behind the chimney where it would be easier to steady a rifle barrel. It occurred to Boldt that in the next few minutes they might kill a man—might get several more killed if they were not careful. For what? To appease the legal process?

For all the peril they faced, Leonard and Scott retained their British calm, sounding like two gentlemen discussing the weather.

His father had a gun. His father…a gun…He had fired the gun. His father, the salesman turned FBI agent, acting like Alex Rider.

The bank account was opened by her. She uses Fowler's badge number as a way of getting back at him, just in case she's caught, which she was. I'm showing you the spin that can be put on this. As a witness she stinks, I'm telling you. Your call. You tell me what you want me to do." She met and held eyes with him. "I hate attorneys," Boldt told her. "Me too." She smiled. "All my friends are cops.

Island cave, gold flower!

I never was , but am always to be . No one has ever seen me nor will they . Yet I am the hope of all who live . What am I ? page48

I never was , but am always to be . No one has ever seen me nor will they . Yet I am the hope of all who live . What am I ?

You were Air Force?" "Does it show?" he asked, coming out of his chair and introducing himself with a handshake. Maybe it did show, she thought, as she looked more closely. Maybe it helped explain the hard handshake and the riveting grip of those eyes. She wanted to like him right away, which only fueled her suspicion of him. "Aircraft carriers, land-based, or what?" she asked.