Historical-novel Quote by David Wellington Download Open image ““Shit rolls downhill. Bureaucracy rolls faster.”” — David Wellington ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.1 out of 5 (9 ratings) Copy quoteShare Historical-novel Horror Vampires
“I have always believed that a properly guided bureaucracy is deadlier than any bomb.” — Yoon Ha Lee Copy Share Image
“Sometimes your life rolls away with you, like a big stone going downhill fast,” — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
“All we do is disguise our weak politics behind a powerful bureaucracy and disguise our powerful bureaucracy behind weak political decision making.” — Ryan Gelpke Copy Share Image
“Overthrow the bureaucracy, and return to a system based on human responsibility.” — Philip K. Howard Copy Share Image
Vampires, real vampires, didn't nibble on the necks of nubile young virgins. They tore people to pieces and sucked the blood out of the… — David Wellington Copy Share Image
“You have a wife?” Caxton demanded. “I killed a vampire twenty years ago, and another one last night. I had to keep myself busy… — David Wellington Copy Share Image
“He did not waste time greeting her, but fell upon her at once with a vicious snarl. With his powerful jaws he tore at… — David Wellington Copy Share Image
“What’s that smell?” Reynolds asked. That smell is the stuff they grow mushrooms in.” DeForrest sniffed the air. “Shit?” he asked. Captain Suzie shrugged.… — David Wellington Copy Share Image
“In the dark ages a vampire could live for decades unopposed, feeding nightly on people whose only defense was to bar their windows and… — David Wellington Copy Share Image
“If somebody wants to be your enemy, there's only one thing you can do. You give them exactly what they want. It confuses them… — David Wellington Copy Share Image
“Wow. So what was the vampire like?” “Pale. Big. Toothy,” the trooper answered.” — David Wellington Copy Share Image
“Say again, over,” he announced. “I was saying that I’m going from here on foot,” Arkeley told them. “You can follow however you choose… — David Wellington Copy Share Image
“Sometimes we call it ‘Extra Chunky,’ too.” “Why’s that?” she finally asked. “Because,” DeForrest said, barely able to contain his mirth, “when you run… — David Wellington Copy Share Image
“One of the women took his arm and smiled into his face until he looked at her. “We’re going to dance in the woods… — David Wellington Copy Share Image
“She is my friend, and there is nothing you can say or do that can stop me from helping her.” — Peter G. Nogel Copy Share Image
“Every time you go to see Hamlet you don't expect it to have a happy ending...you're still enthralled. (Interview BBC Radio 4 Today 17 October 2012.)” — Hilary Mantel Copy Share Image
“One should learn to connect the bridge between the heart and the mind. That’s what crowns you with eternity, and makes you the master… — Iva Kenaz Copy Share Image
“Isabel Valverde was coming home. The brief, terrible letter from her brother had brought her across five thousand miles of ocean, from the New… — Barbara Kyle Copy Share Image
“If queens did not exist, the poets would have had to invent them, so necessary as they are to a nation's glory.” — Lise Arin Copy Share Image
“As i was beginning to understand, this kind of love was foreign ground to him. I may add that he never did, as far… — Mary Renault Copy Share Image
“Father has taught me that when something is lost, whether dear or not, giving up the search is sometimes best and often enough the… — Cassandra Krivy Hirsch Copy Share Image
“Stored personal memories along with handed down collective memories of stories, legends, and history allows us to collate our interactions with a physical and… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
“Fenella Doorn watched the unfamiliar wreck of a ship ghosting into her bay. Crippled by cannon fire, she thought. What else could do such… — Barbara Kyle Copy Share Image
