Quotes from Alan Russell

He understood that things appear different in daytime and nighttime, even though they are the same.

Home is where the dog is.

A typical dog has 20/75 vision,

was broadcasting his doubts.

Crime doesn't pay," I said to Sirius, "unless you're a lawyer.

D-SAT, police lingo for those who didn't see a thing.

If she's stupid enough to leave, then you have to be smart enough to let her go.

Nina drifted in and out of consciousness. She didn't really want to awaken. As awful as her dreams had been, she had a sense that the world would look even worse with her eyes open.

You know things aren't right in your life when you look forward to going back to war," he said.

With all the apps available on our cell phones, it seems to me we're getting closer and closer to Gene Roddenberry's vision of Starfleet tricorders.

My walk through the flames permanently scarred my face, but it was the hidden scars that disabled me even more than the obvious ones.

vegetable garden, and some

Referring to my notes, I said, "When you

Cicero said 'So near is falsehood to truth that a wise man would do well not to trust himself on the narrow edge.'

That's how it is with me. I keep burning. I am the burning man.

I imagined were his own litmus test, saying, "If you're losing your soul and you know it, then you've still got a soul to lose.

Satchell Paige once posed the question, "How old would you be if you didn't know how old you are?

Out of respect to the reverend mother I had set my

The race is not always to the swift." "Nor the battle to the strong.

When Lady Godiva took her famous ride, the townspeople of Coventry all agreed they wouldn't watch as she passed by. But supposedly there was one fellow, a tailor named Tom, who violated their agreement by peeping at her through an open shutter. Peeping Tom paid for his lecherous ways.

Seth removed the skillet from the heat and then added a prohibitively expensive cup of chicken meal and brown rice dry dog food. The kibble Seth buys is so expensive I am surprised it doesn't come with gold leaf.

They drove for almost a quarter of an hour before

Sometimes you get to the point of being so tired it's impossible to sleep.

He pointed to a spot about fifty feet down the alley. "The burst of light came from that direction. I would almost call it a detonation of light. Imagine if a magnesium flare went off right in front of your face. I was blinded by the light." I wasn't sure whether his reference was to Paul of Tarsus or Manfred Mann. "Bit