"A magician may step out without a purse, but he should never step out without a pack of playing cards."
- Amit Kalantri
"Conventional wisdom nor scientific, mathematical prove of randomness in life could do nothing to deter human's curiosity for the unknown, however small the chance of a positive outcome maybe."
- Vann Chow
"There is a lure in power. It can get into a man's blood just as gambling and lust for money have been known to do."
- Harry Truman
"The Strip was still lit by a million neon lights, though the crowds on the sidewalk had greatly decreased by this hour. Still, Bosch was awed by the spectacle of light. In every imaginable color and c..."
- Michael Connelly
"You cannot afford to gamble your youth only for fun."
"Life in society is when everyone is there and no one is present. Life in society is when everyone obeys what no one wants. Writing is a way of escaping this impoverishment, a variation on solitude lik..."
- Christian Bobin
"I can never gain something without losing everything I had before."
- Nadia Scrieva
"All the magicians have 52 mutual friends."
"One way, he thought, the whole thing of ring fighting was hurting somebody else, deliberately, and particularly when it was not necessary. Two men who have nothing against each other get in a ring and..."
- James Jones
"I am a woman of very few layers, and most of them are selfish and mean. My parents tried to make me a good girl, but I just wasn’t having it."
- Christina Harlin