“ The notion that we've made vast moral progress and are now a less violent species is belied by our awesome powers of destruction, our military might, police forces as well-armed as soldiers. Without t… James Carlos Blake
“ Pride has traditionally been regarded as the foremost of the Seven Deadly Sins, but it has rather obviously been overtaken by Greed. James Carlos Blake
“ Without the right to defend yourself--and the right to possesss the means to do it--all other supposed rights are so much hot air. James Carlos Blake
“ One of the greatest of human follies is that we think we know ourselves so well, that we know how we would act under any conditions, that we would under any circumstance 'do the right thing.' Well, as… James Carlos Blake
“ Men tend to remember the best things about the women they've loved and to forget the worst, which is why so many men make the same mistakes with women again and again. Women tend to forget the best th… James Carlos Blake
“ I mean to tell you, the Law's notion of justice is more cold-blooded than any outlaw I ever knew. And I mean 'outlaw,' not criminal. 'Criminal' doesn't distinguish between guys like men and the guys w… James Carlos Blake
“ Just because it's a world of thieves out there don't mean there ain't no rules to it. James Carlos Blake
“ They loved the sea. They taught themselves to sail, to navigate and read the weather. Without their mother's knowledge and long before she thought them old enough to sail outside the harbor, they were… James Carlos Blake
“ When you make a deal you stick to it. Rock-hard rule. You don't renege, you don't sell out. You hold up your end and expect the other party to do the same. If the other party doesn't, you're entitled… James Carlos Blake
“ There's an old saying," Buck said. "A hundred things can go wrong in a holdup, and if you can think of fifty of them you're a damn genius. James Carlos Blake
“ Every single time it was grand. I loved the moment when you announce the stickup and everything suddenly goes brighter and sharper and the world seems to spin faster. You show them the gun and say han… James Carlos Blake
“ The moon grew plump and pale as a peeled apple, waned into the passing nights, then showed itself again as a thin silver crescent in the twilit western sky. The shed of leaves became a cascade of red… James Carlos Blake
“ A man who can laugh at himself is truly blessed, for he will never lack for amusement. James Carlos Blake
“ You do not tell people to go fuck themselves and then later when you're in trouble ask them to help you. James Carlos Blake
“ He finally comprehended that the sole impossibility regarding human sorrow is to arrive at some unsurpassable limit to it. James Carlos Blake
