The thing about George Barrol is that he's always putting his own and other people's feet into things that had best be left quite free of feet.

...he had a fascinating technique of gnawing his cigar from one corner of his mouth to the other, as if his teeth were equipped with trolley tracks, and suddenly grabbing it out and gesticulating wit it before he jammed it back.

bitterness hardly cares what food it eats.

There's nothing harder to stop than somebody who wants to believe a miracle.

A city where the Capitol Dome, perforated like a kitchen colander, is the symbol of how secrets are kept.

It's all right to be disillusioned, but you can't be disillusioning.

The thing about George Barrol is that he's always putting his own and other people's feet into things that had best be left quite free of feet.