Last Request Quotes

“I'll die? I'm going to die anyway, so what difference does it make?"She paused, allowing the melancholic chorus of the machines to swell and fill the room. "Probably by the end of the week. And all I've got to look forward to is the inside of this room or the view out this window. At least let me see something different."
~"Understanding Space & Time”
― Alastair Reynolds, Zima Blue and Other Stories

“I picked up a transsexual hooker named Thor, all six feet of her, at the off ramp to Eau Claire, Wisconsin, as I was driving up north to kill a man.”
― J.A. Konrath, Jack Daniels Stories

“But Thor and I weren’t going to happen, ever. I didn’t tell her this. I might be a killer, but I’m not mean.”
― J.A. Konrath, Jack Daniels Stories