"Hoke Moseley is a magnificently battered hero. Willeford brings him to us lean and hard and brand-new."

-- Donald E. Westlake

#Hero Quotes #Brands Quotes

“I have an almost seven year old... I think it's essential to be consistent with kids. And truthful, without scaring them. I could go on for hours on this one.”
“To me, ideas are worth nothing unless executed. They are just a multiplier. Execution is worth millions.”
“I'm lucky because I have so many clashing cultural, racial things going on: black, Jewish, Irish, Portuguese, Cherokee. I can float and be part of any community I want.”
“Captain Crawford didn't like the idea of any kind of murder, but he went at it patiently and honestly and with none of the stupidity and bombast and rubber-hose techniques that Los Angeles crime fiction writers had led me to expect. I'd gotten the impression that unless a gifted amateur in love with the lady got himself almost beaten to a pulp and practically inside the lethal gas chamber before he unmasked the venal and brutalized constabulary, any innocent bystander they could get their hands on was a gone duck.”
“Good evening, daddy! Ain't you heard The boogie-woogie rumble Of a dream deferred? Trilling the treble And twining the bass Into midnight ruffles Of cat-gut lace.”
“The first thing people lose on a diet is their sense of humor. Keep it fun. Keep it light.”

Source : Twitter post from May 07, 2014
“The similarities between me and my father are different.”
“I am very independent. I can look after myself but I still need a lot of love and care.”

Source : "Wise Women : Wit and Wisdom from Some of the World's Most Extraordinary Women". Book by Carole McKenzie, 2013.

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