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A Night in the Lonesome October QUOTES

A Night in the Lonesome October QUOTES

1 " I took Jack his slippers this evening and lay at his feet before a roaring fire while he smoked his pipe, sipped sherry, and read the newspaper. He read aloud everything involving killings, arsons, mutilations, grave robberies, church desecrations, and unusual thefts. It is very pleasant just being domestic sometimes. "

― Roger Zelazny , A Night in the Lonesome October

2 " It's mainly the little things- all added up- that give us the final picture, that make the difference. "

― Roger Zelazny , A Night in the Lonesome October

3 " I hunted rats and ate out of dustbins and saw my kittens killed and was hung by my tail and abused by wicked urchins,” Graymalk said suddenly, “before the mistress found me. She was an orphan who’d lived on the streets. Her life had been even worse. "

― Roger Zelazny , A Night in the Lonesome October

4 " Does anybody really care about a hungry cat, except for a few friends? "

― Roger Zelazny , A Night in the Lonesome October

5 " Such
times are rare, such times are fleeting, but always bright when caught, measured, hung, and later regarded
in times of adversity, there in the kinder halls of memory, against the flapping of the flames. "

― Roger Zelazny , A Night in the Lonesome October

6 " I felt a strong desire to howl at the moon. It was such a howlable moon. But I restrained myself. "

― Roger Zelazny , A Night in the Lonesome October

7 " Never trust a cat, anyway. All they’re good for is stringing tennis racquets. "

― Roger Zelazny , A Night in the Lonesome October

8 " Then the moon went out. We all looked upward as a dark shape covered it, descending, rushing toward us. Morris shrieked shrilly as it fell, changing shape as if dark veils swam about it. And then the moon shone again, and the piece of midnight sky which had fallen came to earth beside Jack, and I saw that vision-twisting transformation of which Graymalk had spoken - here, there, a twist, a swirl, a dark bending - and the Count stood at Jack's side, smiling a totally evil smile. He laid his left hand - the dark ring visible upon it- upon Jack's right shoulder.
"I stand with him," he said, "to close you out."
Vicar Roberts stared at him and locked his lips.
"I would think one of your sort more inclined to our view in this matter," the vicar stated.
"I like the world just the way it is," said the Count. "

― Roger Zelazny , A Night in the Lonesome October

9 " Growing moon. Angry cat. Feather on the wind. Autumn comes. The grass dies. "

― Roger Zelazny , A Night in the Lonesome October

10 " Вечером принес Джеку тапочки и лежал у его ног возле жарко пылавшего камина, а он курил трубку, потягивал шерри и читал газету. Он зачитывал вслух все, что писали об убийствах, поджогах, членовредительстве, тяжких ограблениях, осквернении церквей и необычных кражах. Приятно иногда просто так посидеть и насладиться домашним уютом. "

― Roger Zelazny , A Night in the Lonesome October