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181 " So are you doing anything for your anniversary? I mean other than sitting around your backyard with a bottle of wine moping over lost love."Since those were pretty much my plans, I said,"No. I'm going to hire a masseur, like you suggested." After that, there was no turning back. "
― Marshall Thornton , Full Release
182 " One of the best ways to get promoted, besides sleeping with the right people, is to fail spectacularly. "
― Marshall Thornton , The Perils of Praline: Or, the Amorous Adventures of a Southern Gentleman in Hollywood
183 " After you break up with a person, you begin to be honest about their more annoying habits. "
184 " Fuck him with your thunder stick. "
185 " As a film was little more than a ninety-six minute search for a condom, I had to wonder why anyone thought it wise to spend almost eighty million dollars producing it. "
186 " Life is a shit sandwich. Two pieces of shit, but between them the most amazing filling, delicious, a taste so wonderful it electrifies your entire body and barely seems real. A filling that inspires us to keep chewing through the worst, hoping to get to that amazing center again. Yes, some of us get a lot more yummy goodness than others, but none of us forgets the deliciousness long enough to stop trying to chomp through the shit. "
― Marshall Thornton , Fade Out (Boystown, #13)
187 " She looked like a real woman in a city of mannequins. "
188 " I buy crappy food because I’m depressed and hate my life. "
― Marshall Thornton , Femme
189 " So then Wally starts to tell me that my son will get the right sort of religious instruction from the Trailblazers, that they’ll make a man out of him, and that they have these retreats with the officers once a month.” “Well, that all sounds kind of pervy,” Leon said. "
― Marshall Thornton , Night Drop (A Pinx Video Mystery, #1)
190 " Have you learned nothing from me? There are other things to do with a man besides marry him."He sighed heavily."Sometimes I think deep down inside you're a lesbian. "
191 " Social?” I was tempted to say, “Very,” but gave him my social security number instead. “Date of birth?” “April 25, 1948.” “Place of birth?” “Chicago.” “Sex?” “You’re not my type.” He gave me another look and then put an M in that box. For good measure he put a C in the box for race. Caucasian. "
192 " The overnight bag was a little presumptuous. I mean, I was pretty sure that we'd be having sex, and I'm sure he was, too. But staying over. Well, that was a little intimate, wasn't it? "
193 " The good news is, he's trying to stop you, but he's not trying to kill you.""Maybe I'll see that as good news tomorrow, but right now I'm a little too pissed off. "
― Marshall Thornton , A Time For Secrets (Boystown #4)
194 " N-O-W-A-C-K.”“No C.”“Oh. Okay. N-O-W-A-C. "
― Marshall Thornton , Lucky Days (Boystown, #9)
195 " That was the problem with most relationships, when they began you never know what they'd cost you. "
196 " Even though it was only the word 'like', it roughly followed the same rules as the other L word. "
197 " That was the problem with good friends. Eventually they knew enough about you to say terrible things for your own good. "
198 " They are so good they can get serial killers before they even get started. "
199 " Getting fucked really isn't my thing.""Well, thank you for faking it. You're a good actor. "
― Marshall Thornton , Little Boy Afraid (Boystown, #0.75)
200 " No one could. I thought he’d understood that. No one ever could, until they did. We all woke up each morning, unprepared, unable, the world against us. And then we did; moment by moment, we did. And when the heart of someone we loved was on the line, there was never a question. We did. No matter what. "