# Quote — R. A. Lafferty, Fourth Mansions

> "A newspaper man has got to know when to keep his mouth and his mind shut. You might end up dead."
>
> "Isn't that the usual fate of men, Harry?"

- Author: [R. A. Lafferty](https://www.leafyquotes.com/r-a-lafferty.md)
- Book: [Fourth Mansions](https://www.leafyquotes.com/r-a-lafferty/fourth-mansions.md)
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/R._A._Lafferty#Fourth_Mansions_(1969)) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/r-a-lafferty/fourth-mansions/a-newspaper-man