“...the headwaters of Shit Creek are a cruel and treacherous expanse.”
“Where are we going? (Astrid)Up Shit Creek sans the paddles. (Zarek)”
“That's one problem I've always had: when I'm anywhere near shit creek, I have to know how far up that creek actually goes." --Hester Day”
“Beautify your thoughts. Thoughts are the headwaters of action, life and manifestation.”
“Life can't ever really defeat a writer who is in love with writing, for life itself is a writer's lover until death – fascinating, cruel, lavish, warm, cold, treacherous, constant.”
“So that individuation may be compared to a pyramid in that it is only achieved by the placement of the top stone… The Jews, Ford said. They ain't like anyone else I know. There goes you theory up shits creek. He smiled.”