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1 " It's a marriage of convenience. Temporarily, so long as our interests coincide, however long it takes to dispose of that mob of petit blancs at Port-au-Prince. Afterward,' he waved his sticky fingers airily, 'everything will return to the way it was before. "
― Madison Smartt Bell , All Souls' Rising
2 " Sometimes you don't get but one mistake, if the one you pick is bad enough. "
― Madison Smartt Bell
3 " Nothing could have been prevented. But still you know that somehow something wasn't watching. Something let attention lapse, releasing everything that follows, as the weight falls from the air. "
― Madison Smartt Bell , Zig Zag Wanderer: Stories from Here, Stories from There
4 " No, she had no belief--none. She was completely alone with herself. The world was empty for her, but she didn't know it. "
5 " (In principle, this is a useful idea for writers at all stages: if a good story plot somehow won’t work out right, it may be that the point of view is in the wrong place.) There "
― Madison Smartt Bell , Narrative Design: Working with Imagination, Craft, and Form
6 " We don't kill for no reason. As he spoke, the hummingbird pulsed between his palms like a heartbeat, whirred into the air and flew. "
7 " Here, when you looked into darkness, there was God. "
8 " In your love, my salvation lies. "
9 " Like a good many men, artists or not, Stone liked to go out with ravishing women who were some kind of crazy, but preferred to go home to somebody sane. With the possible exception of Pablo Picasso, this pattern of behavior is not sustainable for anyone in the long term. "
― Madison Smartt Bell , Child of Light: A Biography of Robert Stone
