Particular Stones Quotes

“[Mr. Principi] "My question to you, class, is our species crawling toward re-enlightenment or limping toward extinction?"

The smart aleck behind me. . . was threatened by my propensity to fight when he should have been afraid of Mr. Principi's question.”
― David J. Kirk, Particular Stones

“People always ask me that, how it feels to be an orphan. I don't know. I want to ask them how it feels to have a family.”
― David J. Kirk, Particular Stones

“The law is clear, but the situation has to do with the enforcement. Laws are used when the good people want something done for themselves.”
― David J. Kirk, Particular Stones

“Certain parts of your life, Dan, are directed by an almost desperate passion. Playwrights call it ends-of-the-earth type stuff. And it's good stuff.”
― David J. Kirk, Particular Stones