Author: Timothy Hallinan

Cites

• W. Somerset Maugham (1)
  • IN: The Bone Polisher (1995) Fiction, American
    EPIGRAPH: I have never liked anyone at first sight.
    FROM: The Summing Up, (1938), Book, France
• Warren Zevon (1)
  • IN: The Bone Polisher (1995) Fiction, American
    EPIGRAPH: You know the sheriff has his problems, too, and he will surely take them out on you.
    FROM: “Muhammad’s Radio”, (1978), Song, US
• Randy Newman (1)
  • IN: The Fear Artist (2012) Fiction, American
    EPIGRAPH: A President once said, “The only thing we have to fear is fear itself” Now it seems like we’re supposed to be afraid It’s patriotic in fact and color-coded And what are we supposed to be afraid of? Why, of being afraid That’s what terror means, doesn’t it? That’s what it used to mean
    FROM: A Few Words in Defense of Our Country, (2008), Song, US
• Gontran De Poncins (1)
  • IN: The Man With No Time (1993) Fiction, American
    EPIGRAPH: The links among the Chinese make up a network that covers the globe.
    FROM: From a Chinese City, (1957), Book, France
• Khan Hsaing-Tao (1)
  • IN: The Man With No Time (1993) Fiction, American
    EPIGRAPH: The dog is a creature that keeps watch and is skillful in its selection of men. On this account the ancients on all their festive occasions of eating and drinking employed it.
    FROM: NULL, (None), NULL, NULL
• George Herbst (1)
  • IN: Skin Deep (1991) Fiction, American
    EPIGRAPH: Pilot, pirate, and gentleman, he vanquished the blue-nosed eagles. Belated thanks to Matt Sartwell for the squeal; And love, as always, to Munyin Choy … how frail they are, the skin, the nerves, the blood and bone that frame the soul's disguise.
    FROM: NULL, (1938), NULL, NULL
• Frederick Wendt (1)
  • IN: Everything but the Squeal (1990) Fiction, American
    EPIGRAPH: The curious life cycle of the botfly begins with an egg laid on a mammal's lip or fur. When the egg is licked and swallowed, its coating dissolves and a voracious larva is freed to float in the juices of the stomach. Eventually it begins to eat its way out, gaining weight as it goes. When it reaches the surface, usually through a flat muscle, the baby fly leaves behind an exit wound about the size of a.22 caliber bullet.
    FROM: An Entomologist's Notebook, (None), Book, UK
• Groucho Marx (1)
  • IN: Everything but the Squeal (1990) Fiction, American
    EPIGRAPH: Home is where you hang your head.
    FROM: NULL, (None), NULL, US
• NULL (1)
  • IN: Everything but the Squeal (1990) Fiction, American
    EPIGRAPH: Oh, the little chickie hollered, And the little chickie begged, And they poured hot water Up and down his leg. …
    FROM: Traditional American children's song, (None), Song, US
• Michael Curtiz (1)
  • IN: King Maybe (2016) Fiction, American
    EPIGRAPH: Next time I send an idiot, I'll go myself.
    FROM: NULL, (None), NULL, US/Hungary