Can a mordern city burn,' he asked Tom. 'One made mostly of concrete and metal and glass? Could it burn the way Chicago did after Mrs. O'Leary's cow kicked over the lantern?

“We each owe a death, there are no exceptions, I know that, but sometimes, oh Go…”

“If a book is not alive in the writer's mind, it is as dead as year-old horse sh…”

“the only mortal sin is giving up.”

“If you expect to succeed as a writer, rudeness should be the second-to-least of…”