It was a weird sensation. Like getting caught eavesdropping, or lying, or sitting on the toilet and having the bathroom walls suddenly drop away.
If Lula was a pastry she’d be a big chocolate cupcake with a lot of frosting. I’d be more of a croissant with a ponytail.
I wasn’t a fabulous cook. I didn’t have a boyfriend, much less a husband. And I wasn’t a big financial success. I could live with all those failings as long as I knew that once in a while I looked rea...
I was going to go to church, but I decided to get doughnuts instead.
I want you to leave the guns in the car. These are Trekkies we’re dealing with. They could put the Vulcan death grip on us.
I want to see your tailpipe fading off into the sunset.Good luck, I thought. My tailpipe was somewhere on Route 1, along with my muffler.
I want nothing. There is no pizza. There is no you, no me, no us, no pizza. And don’t ever call me again, you scummy, slimy fungus-ridden dog turd, piece of fly crud.
I understand why you do your job, my mother said to me. There’s a sense of accomplishment when you take down someone bad. It’s like being a police officer or being in the Army or being a mother. You h...
I swear, you're a crazy person. You go around up to your eyeballs in snakes and dead people and exploding beavers. It's just not normal. Even when I was a 'ho, my life wasn't that freaky.
I smell vampire -LulaYou're a Nut -StephineWell I smell something. -LulaMold. -StephineYeah. I smell moldy vampire -Lula
I rolled my eyes so far into the top of my head I almost fell over backward.
I ran through the store gathering together some basic foods. Bread, cheese, Tastykakes, peanut butter, cereal, milk, Tastykakes, eggs, frozen pizza, Tastykakes, orange juice, apples, lunch meat, and T...
I pulled into the Grand Union parking lot and drove to the end of the mall where the bank was located. I parked at a safe distance from other cars, exited the BMW, and set the alarm.You want me to sta...
I plunked down on the couch beside him. I don't have any accomplishments of any kind. I'm stupid and boring. I don't have any hobbies. I don't play sports. I don't write poetry. I don't travel to inte...
I liked you better when you had vordo. You’re not suggesting we do it in this tiny closet with two men watching television in the next room, are you? It’d be limiting, Ranger said, but at least you wo...
I like my nuts, Mooner said. I don't want them cut off. I'd be, like, nutless then.
I have your gun I pulled the Ruger out of my bag and gave it to Ranger. He held the gun flat in his hand and looked at it. It smells like orange blossoms.I washed it and sprayed it with air freshenerY...
I had dinner at your parents' house three days ago and once a week is my limit. Joe to Stephanie.
I got out of the elevator and confronted Mr. Wexler. Killing is wrong. We kill chickens, Mr. Wexler said. We kill cows. We kill trees. So big deal, we kill some drug dealers.It was hard to argue with...
I finished my soup and bread and helped myself to a handful of cookies from the cookie jar, glancing at Morelli, wondering at his lean body. He’d eaten two bowls of soup, half a loaf of bread slathere...