Styx & Stone Quotes

“Chancing an explosion, I lit a cigarette near her eighty-proof breath.”
― James W. Ziskin, Styx & Stone

“scruples.”
― James W. Ziskin, Styx & Stone

“He’s an odd one. Reserved and formal, with the personality of a sardine: tight and oily.”
― James W. Ziskin, Styx & Stone

“Kurt Weill is in no way classical music,” corrected Dad. “You can say he wrote operas, music for the stage, or modern music. But you cannot say he wrote classical music any more than you can say he wrote West Texas Swing.”
― James W. Ziskin, Styx & Stone

“Then the tire blew. In a split second, the front wheel jerked to the left, and Elijah yanked it back, struggling to regain control. He pulled too far too fast, and the wheel jack-knifed, sending us veering to the right. The handlebars twisted from his grip, and we skidded over the edge, tearing through a phalanx of brittle branches, cartwheeling down the embankment,”
― James W. Ziskin, Styx & Stone