Book Excerpt for the Day

    "Captain," she said, stamping her foot, "I shall have you know that this is no mean matter for me.  I am a vegetarian, and eat no meat."

    He turned back.  "Madam," he said, "I care not a whit for your eccentric fancies, and have neither the time nor the patience to oblige them."

    "Eccentric fancies?" she said, coloring.  "I shall have you know that the greatest minds of history were vegetarian, from Ptolemy to Leonardo da Vinci, and I shall have you know further, sir, that you are a common drip-knuckle and a boor."

(from Pirate Latitudes, by Michael Crichton)


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