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1 " Chet! What are you eating?”Nothing. It was true. The eating part was over. "
― Spencer Quinn , Dog on It (A Chet and Bernie Mystery, #1)
2 " Moments later I was I the corner, enjoying a Slim Jim. In fact we were all enjoying Slim Jim's. The world shrank down to this little kitchen and us dudes chowing down. Life is full of nice moments. You just have to be there. "
― Spencer Quinn , Heart of Barkness (Chet and Bernie Mystery #9)
3 " Are you in law enforcement?' he said. 'No,' said Bernie, 'Why do you ask?' 'Because of your companion here,' Mason said. 'If he's not in the K-nine corps he should be.' Oh, Mason! You don't know the half of it, whatever that might mean. I flunked out on the very last day! The leaping test, Mason! And leaping's my very best thing! Was this a good time for a demonstration? Perhaps a quick leap right over Mason's head and then scurrying back to where I was, no time wasted?... Bernie turned to me. 'K-nine. That would be like Sherlock Holmes walking a beat.' A complete puzzler. I couldn't make anything out of it. Bernie laughed and gave me a quick scratch between the ears. 'Which makes me Dr. Watson. "
― Spencer Quinn , Of Mutts and Men (Chet and Bernie Mystery #10)
4 " I’d been the best leaper in K-9 class, which had led to all the trouble in a way I couldn’t remember exactly, although blood was involved. "
5 " Often, maybe even usually, Bernie ended up being the smartest human in the room. Tonight was different. "
6 " A wild-goose chase! I’d heard that expression so many times but never been on one. It sounded like the most exciting thing in the whole world. Yes, I wanted to go on a wild-goose chase, and if that meant Vegas, so be it. "
7 " A light breeze sprang up behind me. In a matter of moments, I realized it was my tail. "
― Spencer Quinn , To Fetch a Thief (A Chet and Bernie Mystery, #3)
8 " Meanwhile, I was still thinking, hoping for an actual thought sometime soon. "
― Spencer Quinn , Paw and Order (A Chet and Bernie Mystery, #7)
9 " Snacks taste better when you’re hungry, but do they ever actually taste bad? I ask you. "
10 " The cat saw me at once, of course, and every hair on his body stood straight up, and he made a sound like the mountain lion's roar but much tinier. That's all cats are - midget lions. I'm nobody's midget, baby. "
11 " There’s silence, which I enjoy although it just about never happens, not completely. "
12 " Cats like milk. Have you ever seen how cats lap it up? In real tiny sips, very neat and tidy, never spilling a drop. Cats will do just about anything to irritate. "
13 " Things have a way of turning out for the best: That's my core belief. "
14 " Is he sick?' said Suzie.Sick? How ridiculous! I sat up tall and strong, mouth shut, just about. Chet the Jet, unsick to the max. "
15 " My mind, by the way, is just about always on my side. I’ve been lucky my whole life. "
― Spencer Quinn , It's a Wonderful Woof (Chet and Bernie, #12)
16 " Don't forget about my hearing, better than yours. I'm sure you bring other things to the table. "
17 " I thought about making what Bernie calls a mental note, but nothing came next and I dropped the whole shebang. "
18 " I stepped out of the flowerbed, careful not to damage hardly anything at all. "
19 " a no-brainer for you, and who doesn’t prefer a no-brainer to . . . to . . . a brainer? "
20 " And just like that, one last taste of the local grub was all alone in my mind, whatever had been there before completely gone. I couldn't have been happier, which is how I like to operate. "
