Three Stations Quotes

“Then she’s out of luck.” The way people talked about luck, it sounded to Emma like a spoonful of water in the desert. There just wasn’t enough to go around.”
― Martin Cruz Smith, Three Stations

“The only animal Zhenya was interested in petting was the sheep, because their fleece was always described in children’s books as so soft and white. Instead their fleece turned out to be gray and greasy and knotted with shit. For a long time he thought that was what clouds were like.”
― Martin Cruz Smith, Three Stations

“No problem. I can offer them sentiments from Blok: ‘John, you bourgeois son of a bitch, you can kiss me where I itch.’” Victor smiled with self-satisfaction. “Poetry for all occasions.”
― Martin Cruz Smith, Three Stations