Death, the Devil, and the Goldfish Quotes

“loved lawyers; never before had there been such a scrupulous, underhanded, deceiving creature as the lawyer. And”
― Andrew Buckley, Death, the Devil, and the Goldfish

“An assistant gardener working for Neville once questioned the head gardener as to the safety issue surrounding the firing of human beings from a catapult and the sanity of their boss. The head gardener simply reminded the assistant that they all received good wages and an excellent benefit package, and as to the sanity question he replied, “Well, he’s just eccentric, ain’t he?”
― Andrew Buckley, Death, the Devil, and the Goldfish

“Cherrytick fancied himself a bit of a card shark and took great pride in beating most opponents when it came to the game of poker. Four months ago, he and Neville were the last two standing in a game of poker at Dingo’s. After finally deciding to sit down, Neville and Lord Cherrytick continued to play.”
― Andrew Buckley, Death, the Devil, and the Goldfish

“anyone from Birmingham would understand, it was a complete rarity for anything to be dancing across the grass, especially sunlight, as England constantly loses sunlight to nicer, brighter countries like Australia. Ironically, Australia was the place where England sent its criminals. They were caught doing some illegal act in a dreary, dank, and gloomy country where drizzle was a common factor throughout the day, and then they got shipped off to a beautiful sandy beach, very close to the Great Barrier Reef. Punishment was obviously a skewed thought in everyone’s mind back in the olden days. Probably something to do with the rain falling and softening what were obviously already very soft heads.”
― Andrew Buckley, Death, the Devil, and the Goldfish