“Categories No. 4 and No. 5: Three small cards to a straight and two small cards with an ace.”
“Category No. 3: Two aces with a low card.”
“Categories No. 1 and No. 2: Rolled-up trips and three cards to a low straight flush.”
“Forced to define 'irrational subconscious,' I would say that it is a small padded room inside all of us, where the only furnishing is a small card table, and the only thing on the card table is a revolver loaded with flexible bullets.”
“The three cards were the Moon, the Empress, and the Ace of Cups. Ambrose leaned over my shoulder to peer at the cards. "Ooh,' he said. "Very interesting."Rhonda glanced up at him. "Hush. You don't know what you're talking about.”
“His neglected heart, forsaken, isolated, was more lonely than the ace of hearts in the middle of a playing card.”