“Alex had cooked, and coaxed, and helped Mark form borders around the shapeless days. Alex had given meaning to the word "servant".” — Davis Bunn Copy Share Image
“For the Arab, the past does not merely live. The past defines the present.” — Davis Bunn Copy Share Image
“It was typical of the American to identify the one unfinished strand.” — Davis Bunn Copy Share Image
“A steel door clapped open as a guard stepped from the bulletproof viewing station across the hall. "Adams!" "That you?" "I told you, I… — Davis Bunn Copy Share Image
“Your story should open as a door to the reader, where the action has already begun and they have to run to keep up.” — Davis Bunn Copy Share Image
“God answered prayers first by teaching the need to ask, second by using friends as holy messengers.” — Davis Bunn Copy Share Image
“He used a minimum of words and no inflection whatsoever. It was a policeman's manner of speaking, direct and unadorned.” — Davis Bunn Copy Share Image
“Normal Iraqi etiquette was forgotten the moment drivers sat behind the wheel.” — Davis Bunn Copy Share Image
“The afternoon's glory was tainted by the voice on the other end. "I was so very sorry not to have the pleasure of meeting… — Davis Bunn Copy Share Image
