“I will not be held like a drunkard / under the cold tap of facts”

“Even without the mushroom cloudstill I would have hatedListenI would have done the same thingseven if there were no deathI will not be held like a drunkardunder the cold tap of factsI refuse the universal alibi”

“I think talent is like a water table under the earth—you tap it with your effort and it comes through you.”

“General Ivolgin, like all drunkards, was very emotional, and, like all drunkards who have sunk very low, he was much upset by memories of the happy past.”

“And not without sympathy, Aidan turned the shower on full cold and shoved his beloved brother under the heartless spray. Oh, the scream but peeled the skin off his face, and the curse that followed battered his ears.But Aidan held ground, dodged a fist when he had to, and clamping Shawn in a headlock, held him mercilessly under.”

“Alltami (n.)The ancient art of being able to balance the hot and cold shower taps.”