Computers Quote by Donald E. Westlake

“They had holes to fill on every page and jammed in any vaguely newsworthy string of words provided it didn't include expletives, which they…

— Tom Rachman

“The world looked to them like a great roll of butcher paper unfurled on a table.”

— Luis Alberto Urrea

“now he was requesting as much microfilm as the librarians would let him have at one time, and was buzzing it all through the…

— Donald E. Westlake

“politicians often had the knack of seeming to know everyone intimately. Either they had remarkable memories, or their secretaries reminded them efficiently.”

— Ken Follett

“I sat at her desk and turned one page after another, staring at what looked like bits and pieces of black lace laid cross…

— Sue Monk Kidd

“He took a sheet of paper out of a desk drawer. But what would he write? The day’s work had hardly involved more than…

— Henning Mankell

“On the desk blotter, a penknife and quill lay yearning for one another, separated by an expanse of blank paper.”

— Tessa Dare

“He was like a huge smug albatross waddling around my desk, squawking vacuously and crapping all over my paperwork.”

— Tana French

“I discovered a time capsule from WWII disguised as a bomb. I’m going to open it with my screwdriver-like teeth.”

— Jarod Kintz

“Bad as political fiction can be, there is always a politician prepared to make it look artistic by comparison.”

— Christopher Hitchens

“Winston glanced across the hall. In the corresponding cubicle on the other side a small, precise-looking, dark-chinned man named Tillotson was working steadily away,…

— George Orwell

“Thus we swallow politics with every meal. We take a mouthful and read a telegram, one eye on table, the other on the paper.…

— George W. Cable