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“People who live their lives by proverbs waste their time doing lots of stupid things. “Getting even is the best revenge” is my motto.”

George Alec Effinger book A Fire in the Sun

Source: A Fire in the Sun (1989), Chapter 20 (p. 282).

““She cost you more”
“I know,” said the trick. “How much?”
“You tell me,” she said, thinking he might be a cop setting her up. That kind of thing still happened whenever the religious authorities ran out of infidels to persecute.”

George Alec Effinger book When Gravity Fails

Source: When Gravity Fails (1986), Chapter 2 (p. 17).

““You shouldn’t be so critical,” said Mike the bartender. “Some people like this kind of thing, you know.”
“The kind of person who gets excited over that, I don’t care about,” said Ernest.”

George Alec Effinger

Source: Relatives (1973)., Chapter 13 (p. 199).

“Let me make it clear: You don’t want his disapproval. He never forgets these things. If he needs to, he hires other people to carry his grudges for him.”

George Alec Effinger book A Fire in the Sun

Source: A Fire in the Sun (1989), Chapter 3 (p. 31).

“The only negative thing she had to say was that I displayed a tendency to exaggerate the facts for the sake of interesting reading.”

George Alec Effinger

Source: What Entropy Means to Me (1972), Chapter 2 “Next: The Radishes of Doom” (p. 25).

“The butler recognized me, even favoring me with a minute change in his expression. Evidently I had become a celebrity. Politicians and sex stars may cuddle up to you and it doesn’t prove a thing, but when the butlers of the world notice you, you realize that some of what you believe about yourself is true.”

George Alec Effinger book When Gravity Fails

Source: When Gravity Fails (1986), Chapter 20 (p. 270).

“You shouldn’t be so critical. Some people like this kind of thing, you know.”

George Alec Effinger

Source: Relatives (1973)., Chapter 13 (p. 199).