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41 " If you look out for the sunny side of the street, the sunny side of the street will look out for you. "
― Marshall Thornton , The Perils of Praline: Or, the Amorous Adventures of a Southern Gentleman in Hollywood
42 " He hadn't even met me and he didn't like me. I felt a sense of accomplishment. "
― Marshall Thornton , Three More Nick Nowak Mysteries (Boystown #2)
43 " Peter made a sour sound, then said, "Darling, I'd really rather you didn't make the same mistake again and again. I prefer it when my friends make new mistakes. Making the same mistake over and over is just boring. "
― Marshall Thornton , Full Release
44 " Detective Tripp probably thought I was a complete ass who did nothing but follow his dick around, and while lately that seemed to be at least a little true, I didn't want him to think so. "
45 " Always be careful who you trick with. I should have that tattooed on my forehead so I can see it every morning when I shave. "
― Marshall Thornton , Three Nick Nowak Mysteries (Boystown #1)
46 " Detective work is ninety-nine percent boring and one percent the kind of excitement no one should ever experience. "
47 " I was staring down thirty-five in a few months. While I might have thought forty was old when I was her age, I’d since decided to move that particular goal post down the field to somewhere around sixty. And I reserved the right to make it even older if I survived the next ten years. "
― Marshall Thornton , From the Ashes (Boystown #6)
48 " I feel tricked. I've literally come back from the dead for you and you're not interested. "
― Marshall Thornton , The Ghost Slept Over
49 " He had to admit that Ricky didn't pick up strangers. He got names, numbers, professions, life stories, hopes, dreams, and ambitions, then he had sex with them and duped them. It was casual sex, but with enough information that Ricky didn't have to feel like a slut. "
― Marshall Thornton , My Favorite Uncle
50 " I didn't crawl out from under a rock, you know.""I never thought you crawled out from under a rock. I thought you were a science experiment gone awry. "
51 " He'd only read a little of Bible, but from everything he heard about Jesus, he didn't thing the man would be especially happy about what his followers did in his name. "
52 " Well, consider the options. A—there’s no God, I’m facing eternal nothingness. B—there is a God and mistakenly he’s let’s me into heaven. It’s full of televangelists and self-righteous goodie-goodies. For eternity! Or C—there is a God and I go to hell, where I’d spend my time with a much more interesting crowd but unfortunately "
53 " I may not be six four but I can certainly act six four. "
― Marshall Thornton
54 " Television viewing in Carter's home had been divided into three categories: shows he could watch when his parents were home, shows he could watch when his parents were gone but his sisters were home, and shows he could only watch if he was alone. "
55 " Look," Jason said, "you really need to learn the difference between sex and a thank-you card. "
56 " Immediately, Carter remembered one of the statistics they'd quoted at The Renewal Center. "The average homosexual male has five hundred sexual partners a year." He was sure that's what they'd said. It did seem like an awful lot, even to Carter who was almost always horny. It was 1.369 sexual encounters a day, which sounded like a lot of work just to be average. "
57 " These days you don't need a country to have a flag, you don't need to win an election to become president, and you don't need an enemy to have a war. "
58 " Martin hesitated. This was a definite yes and no answer. Yes, gay guys picked up strangers on the street, for that matter sometimes so did lesbians. And certainly straight people did whether they'd admit it or not. Of course, straight people were encouraged not to pick up people on the street, while gays and lesbians were encouraged not to exist at all. But none of that was the point. "
59 " We went to bed at a normal time, and then I woke up in the middle of the night to the sound of him fucking some guy!""Are you sure you're related? Can we get a DNA test? "
60 " Hey.How's it going?"Martin always butched it up a little with his brother.He tried to sound like a mechanic.Why a mechanic?Martin wasn't sure.His own mechanic was gay, but he didn't sound gay.Maybe that was what he was going for-gay but not gay. "