Zdroj: The Tales of Alvin Maker, Red Prophet (1988), Chapter 3.
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“He isn't insane, he's simply as trapped in his life as I am in mine. That makes us friends.”
Homecoming saga, Earthborn (1995)
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Zdroj: The Tales of Alvin Maker, Seventh Son (1987), Chapter 6.
“Hey, you’re getting to be almost worth how much it costs to feed you.”
“Good thing, ’cause I got no plan to eat less.”
Zdroj: The Tales of Alvin Maker, The Crystal City (2003), Chapter 3 “Fever” (p. 48).
“Did they program brattiness into you?”
“That’s a trait I developed for myself,” she said. “Do you like it?”
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asked Hezekiah.
“Just fighting over old battles in my mind,” said John. “It’s the problem with age. You have all these rusty arguments, and no quarrel to use them in. My brain is a museum, but alas, I’m the only visitor, and even I am not terribly interested in the displays.”
Zdroj: The Tales of Alvin Maker, Heartfire (1998), Chapter 11.
“I knew God had heard my prayer when I learned that it was you and no other who drew this case.”
“One judge is coughing his life out into bloody handkerchiefs and the other is burying his wife, and you think this is how God answers your prayers?”
Zdroj: The Tales of Alvin Maker, Heartfire (1998), Chapter 11.
“But I’m a beautiful liar, don’t you think?” She flashed her best smile at her friend.
“I don’t understand what men see in women anyway,” her friend answered. “Hexes or no hexes, as long as a woman has her clothes on a man can’t see what he’s interested in anyhow.”
Zdroj: The Tales of Alvin Maker, Alvin Journeyman (1995), Chapter 10.
“I want to know how many years I got.”
“Many,” said Ta-Kumsaw. “Or few. All that matters is what you do with however many years you have.”
Zdroj: The Tales of Alvin Maker, Red Prophet (1988), Chapter 17.
“You can’t tell real from a rutabaga.”
Zdroj: The Tales of Alvin Maker, Seventh Son (1987), Chapter 12.