“ All Julie has to do is explain to her friends that she's using it to individually seal each item that she throws out.Then they'd think she was a geek, I said.She will thank me later, Monk said.Why wou… Lee Goldberg
“ I refilled the wineglass and took it with me for a nice long bubble bath, where I settled in with Ambrose's guide for low-voltage outdoor lighting.It wasn't thrilling bubble-bath reading material, but… Lee Goldberg
“ Happiness is an illusion, Natalie. It doesn't actually exist.Of course it does, I said. It's what you feel when you're not sad.That's unconsciousness. And I'm pretty sure that I'm miserable when I am… Lee Goldberg
“ The state of California itself was now just like me - a free-spirited liberal with a mostly sunny disposition teetering on the edge of financial ruin. (Natalie Teeger) Lee Goldberg
“ It's a tough job being somebody's personal assistant. You have to anwser their phone, manage their correspondence, run their errands, pay their bills, arrange their schedule, and basically do whatever… Lee Goldberg
“ I found Monk at the kitchen table, where he was carefully folding in half a letter that was covered with his typewriter-perfect handwriting. He stuck it in his inside coat pocket. Good morning, Natali… Lee Goldberg
“ I had to stop him from arresting an old lady who let her dog urinate against the fire hydrant that was in front of Burgerville headquarters."You'll blow our cover.""But what if there is a fire?""The f… Lee Goldberg
“ Guilt and fear are a kind of rot. It spreads unless it's cleaned. And there's only one way to do that. Lee Goldberg
“ I had to wonder, though, if there's something about a murderer, particularly a confident one, that gives him a certain charisma or charm that I, in particular, am susceptible to.I mean, there's a reas… Lee Goldberg
“ Monk worked on his remaining Intertect cases at his dining table while I tried to hone my detecting instincts by reading the Murder, She Wrote novel he bought in Mill Valley.I can't say that I learned… Lee Goldberg
