What was a strong marriage? What was a good marriage? She knew terrible people who had wonderful marriages, glued together somehow in their terribleness. And she knew fine, fine people who’d stood bef...
I'm a detective, but nuns could stonewall Sam Spade into an asylum
Growing up, Joe had adored his brother, Then he'd come to hate him. Now, he mostly didn't think about him. When he did, he had to admit, he missed his laugh.
—¿Qué me dice de…? —miró a Phil, luego a mí y después apartó la vista. —¿Sí? —se interesó Barnett. —Bueno… creo que la bala estuvo dando vueltas por mis partes bajas y… —Sus órganos reproductores no s...
Moaned his final breath into the imitation Oriental.
People just want you to see them as they hope to be seen. And everyone wants to be seen as interesting.
I’m getting dissed way too much lately.Probably because you date defense attorneys who think a good wardrobe makes up for that lack-of-brains thing.I turned on my chair. Oh, you know her?No, I’ve hear...
I'll be waiting at the airport.'
Do you know the primary difference between men and gods? ... Gods don’t think they can become men
Danny could see it in their faces when they shook Steve’s hand—they’d have preferred him dead. Death allowed for the illusion of heroism. The maimed turned that illusion into an uncomfortable odor.
Scarred by wisdom she'd never asked for.
This world can only give me reminders of what I don't have, can never have, didn't have for long enough.
That's the thing about being a victim; you start to think it'll happen to you on a regular basis. It's living with the reality of your own vulnerability, and it sucks.
That when a woman moves on, she doesn’t look back, and I’m that woman.
She should have a ride named after her at Epcot, man.
Not that Danny seemed intent on fucking it up, just that he was a man after all, and no one knew better than Luther himself how completely a man could step on his own dick when what he thought he want...
Love, impossible, yet there was no mistaking it
How am I supposed to let you go, that's all I'm asking. I want to hold you again, smell you, and, yes too, I just want you to fade. To please, please fade...
As far as I could see, she didn't take any better care of her apparel than I did mine, but I owned shirts that looked like they'd been run through a car engine half an hour after I removed the price t...
You are sheep among wolves. Be wise as serpents, yet innocent as doves.