"I'm not superstitious. And I don't believe in jinxes, but that stone's jinxed me and it won't let go. I've been damned near bitten, shot at, peed on and robbed. And worse is gonna happen before it's done. So I'm takin' my stand. I'm going all the way. Either I get it, or it gets me."
-John Dortmunder (Robert Redford), The Hot Rock* (1972)
*The Hot Rock is based on the book by the late Donald E. Westlake, who passed away on New Year's Eve. If you're a regular reader of my blog, you probably know that Westlake was my favorite author. Critic/blogger Sarah Weinman posted a whole slew of links to various tributes to the master:
Donald Westlake, R.I.P.
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