Eight The Hard Way Quotes

“Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth.”
― Nick Stephenson, Eight The Hard Way

“Modesty serves little purpose. Other than to feed one’s insecurities by inviting more praise, that is. I have no need.”
― Nick Stephenson, Eight The Hard Way

“alluring,”
― Nick Stephenson, Eight The Hard Way

“Blake, you better have a damn good reason for dragging me out at this time”
― Nick Stephenson, Eight The Hard Way

“Foreword by Nick Stephenson—About this Book The short story is back with a vengeance!  For me, as a reader as well as an author, there’s nothing quite like getting my hands on a collection of shorter works. The ability to dip in and out when the mood hits me (or whenever I find myself with a rare few minutes of spare time) while still getting to read a complete story”
― Nick Stephenson, Eight The Hard Way

“Sure is a whole lot of water,” commented Ruby. Dolores cracked from her wheelchair, “Yeah, and you’re only seeing the top part.”
― Nick Stephenson, Eight The Hard Way

“barroom,”
― Nick Stephenson, Eight The Hard Way

“Leopold”
― Nick Stephenson, Eight The Hard Way

“hungry.”
― Nick Stephenson, Eight The Hard Way

“making”
― Nick Stephenson, Eight The Hard Way

“If”
― Nick Stephenson, Eight The Hard Way

“Tradition had it that Al-Qurnah is the site of the Garden of Eden. Sear smiled at the thought and credited someone's twisted idea of humor. The desolation of the place was severe even for the Middle East. With all His choices, Sear figured God surely must have chosen somewhere else for the site of creation.”
― Nick Stephenson, Eight The Hard Way

“give you an example. A bank gives some poor schmuck a mortgage at 100% the value of his property. No deposit. The bank sells the debt off to a larger bank in return for instant cash. The larger bank bundles up a hundred crappy mortgages like this and sells insurance policies for ten cents on the dollar – because their analysts tell them it’s a sure thing. They do this with thousands of loans. The mortgage securities market grows. Nothing can go wrong, right?”
― Nick Stephenson, Eight The Hard Way

“The coldest winter I ever spent was a summer in San Francisco,”
― Nick Stephenson, Eight The Hard Way

“Every snowflake in an avalanche thinks itself guiltless.”
― Nick Stephenson, Eight The Hard Way

“These pens are unusually thick and heavy. You know, phallic imagery and all that. The bigger the, um, pen, the bigger the… well, you get the idea.” Mary rolled her eyes. “Right, I forgot. It all comes down to dick measuring in the end.”
― Nick Stephenson, Eight The Hard Way