Quotes from Alan Russell

Surely there is a future, and your hope will not be cut off.

To keep your marriage brimming / With love in the loving cup, / Whenever you're wrong, admit it; / Whenever you're right, shut up.

Wrong Pauley made sure no one was around before he started down the alleyway toward his burrow. His nightly nesting spot didn't qualify as a Hobbit hole, or even a rabbit hole. It was a hollow in the midst of a strip of ice plant above a cinderblock

His first thought was that an electrical storm was approaching. There were

God appears and God is light, to those poor souls who dwell in night, but does a human form display, to those who dwell in

What would I tell people? That I work in the Defense against the Dark Arts Division?" "I have another name in mind: Special Cases Unit.

There is no better mood changer than dogs delighted to be in your company,

Some of those I help are afflicted with what I call soul loss, which is what happens when the soul gets fragmented and a part of it does not know how to return to the body, or realizes it's not safe to return.

Burke continued: "We need to get Lanie out of here before the paparazzi start camping on the doorstep. I've called for a medical van to pick her up and take her back to her house." "What's going

forever—when

the earliest Christian services were not held in churches, but in homes.

He didn't want to think about the past, present, or future.

wished the Citroën were an automatic. He could have put it in drive and let it commit suicide on its own. The stick meant he had to push it over the edge.

German shepherds want to please their handlers.

needed to get shit-faced and forget everything that had happened.

I'm glad that civil liberties continue to have some standing in this country.

He who fights monsters should look to it that he himself doesn't become a monster.

It's always good to have a dog at your side. You can chatter away and people will just assume you're talking to your dog. Today my dog and I were having a philosophical discussion, even though I doubted seriously that we'd be mistaken for Diogenes and Rataplan.

Croc was furiously signaling for him to pull over. Lady Godiva's hand was over her mouth. She looked terrified.

Jesus said the truth will set us free. What he didn't mention was how nothing is quite as elusive as getting to that truth.

That fellow couldn't count his balls and get the same number twice.

Just before the tunnel's entrance, the Peugeot smashed the Citroën's left taillight, shattering glass.

Graham sniffed the air. There was an acrid, familiar smell, the heavy smoke of marijuana. Had they gone down below to smoke grass?

smashing into the wreck, mere inches separating him from the accident.