5 Quotes by Taylor Anderson

If the Good Lord meant men to use percussion caps, he wouldn't have strung flint all over the ground.

...playing possum was a skill he'd learned in China once upon a time, and it had come in handy more than once. When, oh, Chinese gangsters, for example, thought you were down for the count, they were less prepared when you suddenly resurrected yourself and beat them to death with a goofy jade Buddha you didn't know why you had. Life was weird that way, and it always helped to have an edge.

When the report came that the American destroyer was actually towing the enormous enemy ship, once again something stirred within him. Rather than make an easy escape, the destroyer had done everything she could to aid her slower consort. That was honor. They may be the enemy, but Sato could still find it within himself to respect them for what they’d done.

What brings the whole back row of the chessboard to my modest little abode?

If I fail, it will because I did something wrong. Not because I did nothing!