title: Loose Cannons: Devastating Dish from the World's Wildest Women
author:  Autumn Stephens 
description: In her snappy compendium <a href="/exec/obidos/ISBN=0943233364/${0}"><i>Wild Women</I></a>, Autumn Stephens showed what a good punchy quote can do to enliven a dull day. Whether you're looking for ammunition to aim between a rival's ears or just fishing for pithy phrases to amuse yourself, her collection <i>Loose Cannons</i> should supply you with several statements you wouldn't mind tattooing on a prominent spot. Questioning whether endless dieting is really the route to self-esteem? &quot;You're not fat, you're in the wrong country,&quot; plus-size model Denise Walker says flatly. Looking for the brighter side of a romance gone south? &quot;It's like magic,&quot; marvels humorist Merrill Markoe. &quot;When you live by yourself, all your annoying habits are gone.&quot; Wondering what happened to your ship? &quot;I rang for ice, but this is ridiculous,&quot; a <i>Titanic</i> survivor is reputed to have said in a quote that is surely apocryphal. Annoyingly arch references to the women quoted take away some of the fun, but the book is a hoot overall.
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  The Ides of March  
    
  
  
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  # The Ides of March
  
  
  ### E.W. Hornung
  
  
  
  
  
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  IT was about half-past twelve when I returned to the Albany as a last
  desperate resort. The scene of my disaster was much as I had left it. The
  baccarat-counters still strewed the table, with the empty glasses and the
  loaded ash-trays. A window had been opened to let the smoke out, and was
  letting in the fog instead. Raffles himself had merely discarded his dining-
  jacket for one of his innumerable blazers. Yet he arched his eyebrows as
  though I had dragged him from his bed.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  'Forgotten something?' said he, when he saw me on the mat.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  'No,' said I, pushing past him without ceremony. And I led the way into his
  room with an impudence amazing to myself.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  'Not come back for your revenge, have you.