The Verdict
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‘Our client thinks he’s the victim of a conspiracy.’ ‘Course he does,’ Swayne said. ‘You know Elvis runs al-Qaeda from a chipshop in Bradford, right?’ ‘So I keep hearing,’ I said.
“The Pacific is vast. It covers over thirty percent of the planet. In fact, it covers more area than all of the Earth’s landmasses combined. The Atlantic is much smaller. It’s roughly half the size of the Pacific. It’s”
― Winter World
― Winter World
“Every time Peter has had a barbeque in the past twenty years and asks how Tails would like his steak, Tails replies “Just frighten it a bit with your headlights and put it on the plate!,” and Peter laughs EVERY time.”
― The Winners
― The Winners
“He who would keep himself busy, let him equip himself with these two; a ship and a woman. For no two things involve more business once you start to fit them out, nor are these two ever sufficiently adorned, nor is any excess of adornment enough for them. Titus Maccius Plautus, 254-184 BC”
― Dark Voyage
― Dark Voyage
“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did so. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover. Mark Twain”
― Dark Voyage
― Dark Voyage
“It’s quaint in a strange kind of way, like a post-apocalyptic frontier town.”
― Winter World
― Winter World
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