146 Quotes by Robert B. Parker

Has anyone ever told you," I said, "that you coalesce reality?" "No. They only say that I'm good in the sack." "They are accurate but limited," I said. "And if you give me their names I'll kill them.

We split a bottle of Norman cider. Not everybody sells Norman cider by the bottle. "Has a European feel" Susan said. "That sounds terrific" I said. "Can I have one?" Susan grinned at me. "How did you ever get to be so big without growing up?" she said. "Iron self-control" I said.

There can never be any substitute for your own palate nor any better education than tasting the wine yourself.

Both our opinions are rooted in our experience," I said. "Both of them are true, it's just that we've had different experiences.

Yeah. Floyd is his batman.

Being a professor and working are not the same thing. The academic community is composed largely of nitwits. If I may generalize. People who don't know very much about what matters very much, who view life through literature rather than the other way around.

This was 1954, friends. The girls' dorm was off limits. Even to girls, I think.

Fourteen years in the professor dodge has taught me that one can argue ingeniously on behalf of any theory, applied to any piece of literature. This is rarely harmful, because normally no-one reads such essays.

You do the best you can and you deal with the consequences. It's all there is.