Intro Quotes

“The 21st chapter gives the novel the quality of genuine fiction, an art founded on the principle that human beings change.

----- "A Clockwork Orange Resucked" intro to first full American version 1986”
― Anthony Burgess, A Clockwork Orange

“waiting
in a life full of little stories
for a death to come”
― Charles Bukowski, Play the Piano Drunk Like a Percussion Instrument Until the Fingers Begin to Bleed a Bit

“Sex without foreplay is like song's reff without intro.”
― Toba Beta, Master of Stupidity

“The desperate piercing scream of horror echoed far above the sharpened tops of the trees wrapped in thin obsidian-transparent mist, and I startled jerkily, tripping again, and almost collapsed onto the cold moist ground.”
― Simona Panova, Nightmarish Sacrifice

“This volume is dedicated to time.
It gives us memories, fine wine, and wrinkles.
But the only thing worse than getting old is not getting old.
So here's to time, dear reader, yours and mine.
May you have many more wrinkles, a lot of fine wine,
and memories to last two lifetimes.”
― Iceberg Slim, Airtight Willie & Me

“old books -- little tombstones of ideas and history”
― Amy Tan, Saving Fish from Drowning

“[Karen Lundegaard] was quite frail, debilitated by metastatic breast cancer, which she had long known she had but for which she had been unable to get adequate treatment because she lacked medical insurance. ("If you mention anything about me," she said, "tell people that.")”
― Amy Tan, Saving Fish from Drowning

“For dead little bunny, and myself, soon dead”
― Qiu Miaojin, Last Words from Montmartre

“It starts as it always does, with a glimpse. Her stunning looks light the fire of his deepest desire. She’s one of many, though no others have come close. The customary slave offering encompasses a plethora of stunning specimens. Though, only one catches his eye.”
― John Kostly, Amber: Priceless Gemstones