The Season of the Witch Quotes

“He lives like a fugitive to avoid becoming a hired killer in Uncle Sams Army.”
― James Leo Herlihy, The Season of the Witch

“I see good men performing wonderful deeds, smoking marijuana and feeding LSD to cops, telling fairytales about the future. Spectacular things, no doubt. But where? In the White House? On Wall Street? No. These wonderful things happen in tenement buildings, in the slums, in dying cities. Forgive me if I don't expect these, uh, these—great things—to change the course of history.”
― James Leo Herlihy, Season of the Witch: A Novel

“What if the Vietnamese really are dying to get their hands on San Francisco?”
― James Leo Herlihy, Season of the Witch: A Novel