Kamas Kirian

“Nevertheless, the radio continued to blare forth statistics demonstrating how under the visionary leadership of the gifted agronomist Krushchev, Soviet agriculture was overcoming the errors of Stalin and producing ever-larger quantities of meat, milk, butter, bread and other foodstuffs.
If we have so much bread, why am I standing in line at four A.M., hoping I can buy some before it runs out? And Milk! There has been no milk in all Rubtsovsk for five days and no meat for two weeks. Well, as they say, if you want milk, just take your pail to the radio. But why does the radio keep announcing something which anybody with eyes knows is not true?”
― John Daniel Barron, MIG Pilot: The Final Escape of Lt. Belenko

“Our local antiques dealers, a merry band of siblings, have this covered alleyway with stalls and booths. Our town planners stuck their oar in, so the architectural style is neo-gothic catastrophic with a smattering of postcard mosque.”
― Jonathan Gash, The Grail Tree

“Then as now, someone who's high on marijuana or hashish is only a threat to your safety if you happen to be a Dorito.”
― Kyle Williams, Tremble the Devil: "the story of terrorism as Jesus Christ, James Bond, and Osama bin Ladin would tell it."

“...chemists did it in their tubes and doctors did it with patience, but only a techie would do it in geometric progression.”
― Greg Bear