Mercenary Crossword Quotes

#1. Bad luck for both of us, we are both boulder-pushers.

Doris Lessing

#2. Carmen will always be free.

Prosper Merimee

#3. The only parts I like out of any of those women books is the dirty parts. But I don't think their dirty parts are any good, really.

Patti Smith

#4. The greatest measure of a human being isn't how he handles himself when things are going well, but how he handles himself when things are going badly, when defeat comes.

Norman Vincent Peale

#5. My books are about ordinary people placed in extraordinary situations who are able to draw upon their inner reserves to challenge the status-quo in life and navigate compelling human relationships.

Vikas Swarup

#6. I ain't drunk," Wayne said, sniffling. "I'm investigatin' alternative states of sobriety.

Brandon Sanderson

#7. Enthusiasms, like stimulants, are often affected by people with small mental ballast.

Minna Antrim

#8. I'm off to race around the world - a race against time and two men. I know I can beat time. I hope I can beat the men.

Dorothy Kilgallen