Quotes

"That's what the geezer told me," Max added hastily. "I wouldn't know myself one way or the other." "Father Tom's senile, Dad. In case you hadn't noticed." "Oh, I noticed right away," Max said. "I like him better this way." (Tuesday Teaser from pg. 204 of Empire Falls by Richard Russo)...

"I could use the extra scratch," Max said, falling in step and causing Miles to make a mental note to keep an eye on him tonight. His father hated work but loved crowds, probably because chaos created many more opportunities than order. (Tuesday Teaser from pg. 210 of Empire Falls by Richard Russo)...

The Leopard of Little Breezes yawned up and further off from the rooftops of Omaha, Nebraska, to which September did not even wave good-bye. One ought not to judge her. All children are heartless. They have not grown a heart yet, which is why they can climb tall trees and say shocking things and leap so very high that grown-up hearts flutter to terror. Hearts weigh quite a lot. That is why it takes so long to grow one. (Tuesday Teaser from pg. 4 of The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making by Catherynne M. Valente - ARC)...

"It calls them, and I quote, 'the mysterious Rostov lights.'" "What the hell are those?" "All it says is 'colored balls of light in a field.' Along with the old movie set from Birthright, they're the big local attraction." (Tuesday Teaser from The Shimmer by David Morrell)...