“And a blade twitched into his heart, beginning the slow, massive bleeding he would never be able to stop, no matter what else he might accomplish. He was surprised and puzzled as he walked with that m...”

Edward Lewis Wallant

“I love you all, you hear? Nothing turns MY stomach. I'll kiss your gallstones, your ulcers, your cancers, your bleeding piles - and they'll all disappear! I'm the miracle man.”

Edward Lewis Wallant

“All my parents gave me was their fumbly hands: I got their hands inside me to this day.”

Edward Lewis Wallant

“And then she saw, and was instantly destroyed in a way that would insist upon her living.”

Edward Lewis Wallant

“He stole glances at the heathen faces of Bodien and Gaylord, the suffering, yet oddly consoled, eyes and mouth of Basellecci, noting the brave enthusiasm of men who had never dreamed of anything very ...”

Edward Lewis Wallant