I do not attempt here to derogate my brother’s reading habits, but mer — George Alec Effinger

"That was the evil of Dr. Bertram Waters: the perpetuation of hopeless dreams, compounded by the betrayal of those dreams to make his own a reality."

"Sometimes the only vitamins I get are in the lime slices in my gimlets."

"“How quickly I could clean this desk,” she thought, “if only the wastebasket were larger.”"

"They wait in clutching haste for fate to fill the inside straight of their happiness."

"Marriage was something I thought happened only to other people, like fatal traffic accidents."

"We’re going to tell you about what it’s like, and what just might happen to you, and if you still want to be a writers we’ll know you’re insane."