“He’s gonna chill for a minute. Now offer him some motherfucking Froot Loops.” The man shrunk his head into his shoulders. “You… — Daniel Polansky Man Shrunk Copy Share Image
“The train slowed to a crawl. “What’s below the turtle?” Flemel asked finally. “It’s turtles all the way down,” M informed him,… — Daniel Polansky Fitness Copy Share Image
“Because it’s a lit fuse, love – you light it yourself, and you stand around the powder keg afterward, grinning from ear… — Daniel Polansky Dark humor Copy Share Image
“As far as immortality went, that was obviously not any sort of good at all. Who had ever met death without some… — Daniel Polansky Death Copy Share Image
“The Questioner was repacking his tools with a vague air of disappointment. Deciding my legs were steady enough to carry me, I… — Daniel Polansky Copy Share Image
“The Quaker did not scream: not when the blood began to come swiftly down his face, not when the force of Elf's… — Daniel Polansky Darkness Copy Share Image
“Once the trouble started he lit one of those boom sticks. Captain put him down, but..." Barley shrugged his swelled shoulders. "Not… — Daniel Polansky Explosion Copy Share Image
“Things happen.” “True, exactly as you say. Things happen.” His eyes traced patterns on the wall behind me, and the fire crackled… — Daniel Polansky Happen Copy Share Image
“the rat king, they call it, unimaginatively. My long association with the city’s rodent population has yet to confirm its existence, but… — Daniel Polansky Beauty contest Copy Share Image
“A chubby vole sat as guardian between the two sections, making sure the hoi polloi didn't get any ideas above their station.… — Daniel Polansky Death Copy Share Image
“If the human race has ever invented an institution more effective in the propagation of intellectual and ethical cripples than the nobility,… — Daniel Polansky Human race Copy Share Image
“I leaned back into my chair, folded my arms together and made like I was pondering. ‘I understand. You’re worried about the… — Daniel Polansky Time Copy Share Image
“M grunted. Infinite power would have been OK, at least he could see how it might come in handy on occasion” — Daniel Polansky Copy Share Image
“anger is the heart beating faster. fear is the stomach tightening and untightening. lust is blood swelling between your legs. flesh is… — Daniel Polansky Anger Copy Share Image
“perhaps it is only that sometimes misery seems to ease when spread about, or that spreading it seems to provide some purpose… — Daniel Polansky Misery Copy Share Image
“M did not like communities, which were usually filled with people, whom M liked even less.” — Daniel Polansky Communities Copy Share Image
“Libraries—like train stations, crossroads, church belfries, and attics—are places where worlds leak together, where the Management, in its ineffable wisdom, tends not… — Daniel Polansky Fitness Copy Share Image
“My server kept coming over to refill my coffee, though my bladder was about ready to burst as it was. I felt… — Daniel Polansky Taking Seat Copy Share Image
“I snatched a flute of champagne from a passing waiter who harrumphed with disdain. The degree of contempt underlings are willing to… — Daniel Polansky Contempt Copy Share Image
“I remember the lightning in the air, and the lovers bidding goodbye to each other in the streets, and I can tell… — Daniel Polansky War Copy Share Image
“I’d heard that in some of the newer mental wards they set the mad and congenitally stupid to rote tasks, having them… — Daniel Polansky Mental health Copy Share Image
