Billy-bathgate Quote by E. L. Doctrow

“You couldn’t control or anticipate a person who didn’t care. They were wildcards.”

— Mariana Zapata

“Of course. You were attracted to my allergies and phobias. I’ve always found them ruthless sexual tools.”

— Nora Roberts

“Gradually I came to see that I was just worrying for the sake of choking the flow of positive energy in myself. Worrying was…

— Gay Hendricks

“He was, in other words, a careful man with careless impulses.”

— Dan Simmons

“I worried about enjoying myself around these guys. Worried about turning into one of them.”

— Amber Dermont

“I contemplated this undeniable path we had both stepped onto and rushed along without much planning, without enough caution or judgment.  And there it…

— S.J. Wright

“I was terribly intolerant, but they were terribly threatening to me. They were everything I was afraid of becoming.”

— Andrew Tobias

“I know why you're here ... This world doesn't frighten you half as much as the other one. You have nothing and nobody to…

— Cornelia Funke

“I couldn’t help but think that even though his public persona was hazardous to my very existence, it might be worth flirting with danger…

— Meghan March

“All there was to it, he was in a panic. He was scared stiff that any minute a fact might come bouncing in that…

— Rex Stout

“I admit, he has far too much on his mind at the moment. Suppressed panic turns him into a prick every time; it's what…

— Lois McMaster Bujold

“For better or for worse, meeting Russell Bufalino and being seen in his company put me deeper into the downtown culture than I ever…

— Charles Brandt