RANDOM Quotes from DEVLIN IN RAIN CITY:

This
is a work of fiction. All of the characters, organizations, and
events portrayed in this novel are either products of the author's
imagination or are used fictitiously.
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EXCERPTS from Devlin in Rain City by Anthony Royka
All rights reserved.

RANDOM Quotes:


"EITHER'S RAININ' BLOOD or shomebody's spittin’ scarlet on the Savoy Hotel
shteps."

"You live here, sir?

"No lad, I'm firstmate on the Good Ship Lollipop. Ya DEEF? Blood's on them shteps!"

The stumble-bum drunk made his way to the stairway.

“Shtairs kill me. When in the name of Father Coughlin are they gonna fix the feckin’ lift in this shite hole?"

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"ARTISTS I LIKE I count in this poker game, or at worker meetings. Artists I love? All dead. Musicians I like are plenty, but musicians I jove? Dead. Poets, I love. All dead. My Anya, I loved. Dead now. My love is like acid on a rose. From now on, I love nothing. I maybe only like, if that."

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"UNLESS I COME BACK as a ghost, there’s not much chance that we'll meet, except in these pages, but wade through these words and you'll know me well at the end. I can’t promise that you’ll love or even like your old Da when you’re done, but you’ll know me better than I knew my own Da, and even better than that, you’ll be part of an adventure yourself! Steady yourself for the ride, kid, because off we go!