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Out of Texas 14 : The Iron Claw of Destiny, Part 2 QUOTES

Out of Texas 14 : The Iron Claw of Destiny, Part 2 QUOTES

1 " A Britisher would say this is jolly exciting."
"What would a German say?" Jo asked.
"I don't know. There's very little excitement in being German. "

― James Hold , Out of Texas 14 : The Iron Claw of Destiny, Part 2

2 " According to Mr Walt, there once was a place so utterly desolate, lacking in natural resources, and devoid of charm and beauty that nobody wanted to live there. And because it was such a miserable stink hole, no one bothered to name it. Then one day came a man and wife so utterly down and out that when their wagon broke there was nothing for them to do but stay, like Job on his ash heap, and wait for the end. With nothing to do they established the place as a trash dump, taking refuse from better-off pioneers on their way to greener pastures. In this way they eked a poor but bearable existence. The man's name is not remembered but the woman was called Alice and over time this bleak barren tract of worthless soil became known as the Dump of Alice. Through contraction, it has passed down to us today as Dallas. "

― James Hold , Out of Texas 14 : The Iron Claw of Destiny, Part 2

3 " People with "missions" seldom stop to ask if the rest of the world wants to hear about it. "

― James Hold , Out of Texas 14 : The Iron Claw of Destiny, Part 2