Quotes from A. Lee Martinez

Quiet descended, a silence so consuming that even the drafty corridors ceased whistling. Bog wasn't certain where to look, so he solved the problem by plucking out his eyes and sticking them in a drawer.

He gives me the hairy eyeball, and asks me to help him find his pancreas.

Music has always been the greatest expression of mortal philosophy, continued Lucky. The path to enlightenment is found in the lyrics of Spinal Tap.

I lied, therefore I thought.

To quote a great sage... answer unclear, try again later.

See, when something's the right thing to do, you don't do it for a reward.

A place that proves if you get enough talented people in a room, one or two are bound to offer some helpful advice. Kind if like monkeys with typewriters.

The voice on the other end said, "Lord Mollusk, we've lost China." "Define lost." "It's not there anymore, sir." "Well, that's no good, is it?" I said. "No, sir. We thought you should know." "Yes, I'll look into it. Mollusk out.

Quiet fell upon the pickup and lasted for a little over nineteen minutes. Is that why you hang around with him?, Loretta asked. Cuz he saved your life? Sort'a. I know Earl isn't always easy to get along with. Fact is, he can be a real pain the ass more often than not, but after you spend enough time with him, and you learn to ignore his personality, he's a pretty decent guy. If you say so.

He hasn't earned your your mercy. Nessy replied, Mercy isn't earned. It's given.

Damn, some days I wished I'd been made a toaster.

Those who write are writers. Those who wait are waiters.

Because life is complicated and difficult. Anyone who says otherwise hasn't truly lived.

Terrible errors are rarely made all at once. Usually they are performed one small misstep at a time.

In the middle of nowhere, along a quiet stretch of road, the diner dreamt of the hungry dead. And of two men.