“and wherever they chose. The formidable Bill Sikes glowered and menaced and planned robberies. Oliver Twist—to the best of Dodger’s knowledge—was lying in a ditch somewhere and might well be dead. And Nancy, that tragic woman whose fundamental goodness of… — Peter David Copy Share Image
“Why Mr. Dickens, in his biography of that particular moment, preferred to focus on the adventures of the orphan parish child, Oliver Twist, remains a matter of speculation and mystery to all subsequent scribes of those long-departed times: of a… — Peter David Copy Share Image
There are no such things as happy endings. Never. They're totally manufactured by fiction writers who choose to end the story on a high… — Peter David Copy Share Image
Why (he wondered rhetorically) do people who have a position that's being attacked constantly state that they have a right to say it, as… — Peter David Copy Share Image
“In fairness to the Almighty, though, it should be noted that lack of attention from God is not necessarily a bad thing, as the… — Peter David Copy Share Image
Opposites can attract, as in magnetism. Or explode, as in matter and antimatter. — Peter David Copy Share Image
I resisted the temptation to turn around and stick out my tongue in derision at Beliquose. After all, there was no telling when or… — Peter David Copy Share Image
“These, of course, are far more enlightened times, when it is only acceptable to believe that not being a Christian is likely to mean… — Peter David Copy Share Image
“From the look of things, in five minutes every building facing the square would be locked up tighter than a Romulan clam.” — Peter David Copy Share Image
That was when it was all made painfully clear to me. When you are a child, there is joy. There is laughter. And most… — Peter David Copy Share Image
“Not that he wanted to say that. It would make it sound as if he wanted to blame her.. Women were very complicated creatures.… — Peter David Copy Share Image
“This famed orphan of the storm tended to bob about as helplessly as a cork (embracing the cliché in order to maintain the metaphor)… — Peter David Copy Share Image
“YOU SEE THEM SOMETIMES. They're just out of the corner of your eye, when you're not expecting them, and sometimes if you close your… — Peter David Copy Share Image
“but offered him nothing beyond that. Dodger, for his part, would remove” — Peter David Copy Share Image
“and wherever they chose. The formidable Bill Sikes glowered and menaced and planned robberies. Oliver Twist—to the best of Dodger’s knowledge—was lying in a… — Peter David Copy Share Image
