Quote by William Hjortsberg Download Open image ““revelation hit me like an ice-water enema.”” — William Hjortsberg ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.7 out of 5 (9 ratings) Copy quoteShare
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“RECEPTIONIST LOOKED RIGHT through me as I crossed the carpeted lobby between glass-cased tanker models and clipper ship prints. I winked at her, and she spun away on her swivel chair. The frosted doors to the inner sanctum had bronze fouled anchors mounted in place of handles, and I pushed through humming a sea chanty under my breath. “Yo ho,… — William Hjortsberg Copy Share
“few odd souls wandered about Surf Avenue looking for something to do. Sheets of newspaper blew like tumbleweed down broad, empty streets. Overhead, a… — William Hjortsberg Copy Share Image
“turned the knob and looked into a large, bare room, made homelike by several sagging secondhand couches and gay circus posters brightening the mildewed walls. The fat lady filled a couch like it was an armchair. A diminutive woman with a black curling beard spread across her demure pink bodice sat engrossed in a half-assembled jigsaw puzzle. Under a dusty… — William Hjortsberg Copy Share
“I got them voodoo blues, Them evil hoo-doo blues. Petro Loa won’t leave me alone; Every night I hear the zombies moan. Lord, I got them mean ol’ voodoo blues. Zu-Zu was a mambo, she loved a hungan man; Messin’ with Erzuli wasn’t part of her plan. The spell of the tom-tom turned her into a slave, And now Baron… — William Hjortsberg Copy Share
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“shook a cigarette from my pack and offered one to Danny who wagged his head negatively. “I didn’t think you could finger her for… — William Hjortsberg Copy Share Image
“THERE WAS NO RUSH going down the fire stairs. I’d had enough exercise for one day. When I hit the lobby I didn’t make… — William Hjortsberg Copy Share Image
“The bar was jammed with the Happy Hour crowd. I elbowed through the press and ordered a double Manhattan on the rocks. When it… — William Hjortsberg Copy Share Image
