Michael’s Reviews > A Deadly Shade of Gold > Status Update

Quotable quote: "But the other vitality is still there, that rancorous, sardonic, wonderful insistence on the right to dissent, to question, to object, to raise holy hell and, in direct extremity, to laugh the self-appointed squad leaders off the face of the earth with great whoops of dirty disdainful glee. Suppress friction and a machine runs fine. Suppress friction and a society runs down." --Travis McGee

Quotable quotes: "I never exert myself unless I have to. A genuinely lazy man is always misunderstood." --Travis McGee

Best quote so far: "I had polarized her, with one of the most ancient and ugly emotions [revenge]. It was irresponsible of me, perhaps. I plead shining motive. Without direction she had nothing but pain, loss grief. I gave her a bullet to bite on while they amputated her heart." -Travis McGee

"A woman buys a nine-hundred-dollar suit to prove to the world at large that she has a man willing to buy her a nine-hundred-dollar suit. It gives her a sense of emotional accomplishment." --Nora Gardino, 1965

Best quote so far: "And that is another kind of freedom. Like throwing away mail without looking to see who it's from, which is the ultimate test, of course. I have yet to meet a woman who has arrived at that stage. They always have to look." --Travis McGee, 1965

Best quote so far: "I always buy [beer] with the pull tabs. You stare at the tab, think deep thoughts about progress, advertising, modern living, cultural advances, and then turn the can upside down and open with an opener. It is a ceremonial kind of freedom." --Travis McGee, 1965