The Best of the Best American Mystery Stories Quotes

“Yeah, well, I don’t go there, Stace. Trying to figure what lobsters feel, that’s the road to vegetarianism. The road to vegansville.”
― Otto Penzler, The Best of the Best American Mystery Stories: The First Ten Years

“You think people open their eyes just because you tell them to look? There’s no happily-ever-after on this. You’re dreaming.”
― Otto Penzler, The Best of the Best American Mystery Stories: The First Ten Years

“because the rest of the relics in the place lurched toward me then, like some nursing-home theater guild performing Night of the Living Dead.”
― Otto Penzler, The Best of the Best American Mystery Stories: The First Ten Years

“Abington, Glass of ’64. Jenny was a year behind me and Wayne.”
― Otto Penzler, The Best of the Best American Mystery Stories: The First Ten Years

“a town that smelled of chicken guts, hog manure, and rampant incest, which seemed to be the three main industries.”
― Otto Penzler, The Best of the Best American Mystery Stories: The First Ten Years

“These comments have been offered by those who abuse the privilege of being stupid, but I thank them for their interest.”
― Otto Penzler, The Best of the Best American Mystery Stories: The First Ten Years

“A man who has faith is somebody who can be saved.”
― Otto Penzler, The Best of the Best American Mystery Stories: The First Ten Years