“ It seemed to me that, no matter what endeavor I was involved in, I was to be something of a sham. Peter David
“ The battered and pathetic thing that represented any claim to conscience I might have had turned away from me in disgust. Oddly, I couldn't blame it. I was disgusted myself. Disgusted at my weakness a… Peter David
“ That was when it was all made painfully clear to me. When you are a child, there is joy. There is laughter. And most of all, there is trust. Trust in your fellows. When you are an adult...then comes s… Peter David
“ I woke up dead.Not only dead...but in hell.I had always been somewhat sketchy on what the afterlife - were there actually such a thing - would be like for a person such as I. From all accounts and all… Peter David
“ Not that he wanted to say that. It would make it sound as if he wanted to blame her..Women were very complicated creatures. He suddenly realised he was running through his head a list of everything he… Peter David
“ A moment later the scowling face of Admiral Jellico appeared on the screen. He looked as ill-humored as ever. Privately, Calhoun felt that somebody should send an away team into Jellico's ass, to dete… Peter David
“ Running from horrors doesn't help. The only way to deal with them is to meet them head-on. Peter David
“ I guess it really had been brave . . . because it was so bugger-all stupid, and if there was one thing I'd come to realize, ti was that bravery and bugger-all stupidity went hand in hand. Peter David
“ In retrospect, I would have to recommend against epiphanies. They are difficult on an emotional level, and they also sometimes move you to foolish and inopportune acts, which was what happened in my c… Peter David
“ There are some for whom the good of mankind is their primary concern, and others who basically put their own considerations before everyone else. I was among the latter. Peter David
“ Once again I felt light-headed, but this time it wasn't from the scent of lilacs; it was from the scent of my own death. Peter David
“ ...They are merely scars, not mortal wounds and you must use them to propel you forward. Peter David
“ I remember so many things [. . .] The problem is, only half of them are true . . . and the half which is true keeps changing places with the half which is false. Peter David
“ Unfortunately, the world does not always act in a manner consistent with one's plans for it. Peter David
“ Youth believes itself immortal. There is a cure for such an attitude, but unfortunately it is a cure from which one never recovers. Peter David
“ Some time later, I sat in the wine cellar, staring at the walls while cradling a wineskin in my lap like a child, murmuring over and over as if lulling the child to sleep, 'I am shat upon. I am shat u… Peter David
