A garland of quotations CXXIV

(Upcoming appearances: July 15, 6–7:30, author talk, Old Stone Church, 251 Main St., East Haven CT | July 19, 10–3, Book Walk, Main St., Old Wethersfield CT)

MY BOOKS! (not amaz0n)

“And there’s no place so dull that it doesn’t have a little excitement once in a while.”
Bang! bang! bang! sounded several sharp explosions of firearms out in the street.
•H. Irving Hancock, Dick Prescott's Third Year at West Point, or Standing Firm for Flag and Honor (1911).

—What a large volume of adventures may be grasp...