“But maybe, just maybe, I was who and where and what I needed to be. Maybe all the prices that had been paid were nothing more than part of high cost of living.” — C.E. Murphy Copy Share Image
Rita folded her arms around herself and peered up at me. “If you’d asked me three months ago I’d have said you were hitting the bottle too hard. But then I got stabbed and should have died, but instead a bunch of cops and ambulance people showed up because somebody who wasn’t even there sent them on ahead to save… — C.E. Murphy Copy Share
“All thinking things fear. Sentience, perhaps, is facing that fear and conquering it rather than succumbing. A tiger will drown in a tar pit,… — C.E. Murphy Copy Share Image
“He can’t keep this up forever, Joanne. Stop fucking around." Did other people have little voices in their heads that said things like that?” — C.E. Murphy Copy Share Image
“You ever get the feeling your life is a string festooned with bells and tie4d to hundreds of others you don't know anything about? And that sometimes somebody pulls their string, and your bells ring?" Gary looked at me a long moment before rather gently saying, "Yes and no, darlin'. We all get that feeling from time to time. Difference… — C.E. Murphy Copy Share
Thank God genuine video phones hadn't been invented. I hadn't even grabbed a towel. Ford Prefect would despair of me. — C.E. Murphy Copy Share Image
“He rallied a little. "Who are you? What do you know about this? Disease control is our job, not yours. Who are you?" "My… — C.E. Murphy Copy Share Image
“But maybe, just maybe, I was who and where and what I needed to be. Maybe all the prices that had been paid were… — C.E. Murphy Copy Share Image
I suppose I knew on an intellectual level that graves weren't especially made for getting out of. I mean, you start with a hermetically sealed casket and then you dump six feet of dirt on top of it. Over time the earth gets compacted, which can't make it easy to dig through. So even if you're a very angry and… — C.E. Murphy Copy Share
“Yes " Morrison said dryly. "I'm sure it would have helped with flying the car, if any of us had been calm and rational enough to think of taking a drum out and performing some theme music for your Jame's Bond meets Harry Potter special effects. But since we weren't, now I'm going to drum till you stop looking like… — C.E. Murphy Copy Share
“In Ireland, you go to someone's house, and she asks you if you want a cup of tea. You say no, thank you, you're really just fine. She asks if you're sure . You say of course you're sure, really, you don't need a thing. Except they pronounce it ting . You don't need a ting . Well, she says… — C.E. Murphy Copy Share
