If he were any other man, I might have suspected him of substance abuse, of being coked up or something. But Barrons was too much a purist for that; his drugs were money, power, and control

I have found there to be little distance between the unlatching of a chain and the spreading of a woman’s legs. As if they can never unbar only a single entrance. It’s a disease called hope. Women suffer from it greatly.

I was adrift in a sea of questions and if answers were lifeboats, I was in imminent danger of drowning.

Sheep are always looking for a new shepherd when the terrain gets rocky.

If I entered a tropical beach, would I end up in Nazi Germany with my highly inconvenient black hair?

Dude, the bush is ready. Why you still beating around it?” “I’ve lived a long time, kid, and I’ve never heard anyone mutilate the English language quite like you.

Even I don't know what you're doing, and I know everything.