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21 " And everyone knows the job market is crap, so you probably won't be able to find another job.""Actually, I'm really good at what I--""And then you'll start missing your rent payments, and the collection agencies will start calling, and you'll start robbing check-cashing places to get money for drugs, and the next thing you know, you're wearing a set of gold fang dentures. "
― Nina Post , The Zaanics Deceit (Cate Lyr, #1)
22 " This time, the pathologist had a morgue assistant, a tall, skinny guy with glasses like airplane windows and a nimbus of brown hair, triple the height of Lyle Lovett's, and with a wave that rivaled the Banzai Pipeline. The hair probably had its own intelligence. It probably had its own Netflix account. It probably received regular invitations to speak at Ivy League commencement ceremonies. It probably contained a netherworld where monsters had houses. "
― Nina Post , Danger Returns in Pairs (Shawn Danger Mysteries Book 2)
23 " We can finally start translating the book," Cate said. "At least, I think we can.""A rousing call, not dissimilar from the band of brothers speech in Henry V." [reply from Noah] "
24 " He nearly staggered into his kitchen, thinking he must look like someone searching for a train car to sleep in after a hard day of writing hobo signs on poles and benches. "
25 " The atmosphere at the Flagship Creamery location was tense as they approached the counter. "Maybe this is just one of those tense Flagship Creameries," Sarah said in a low voice. "Yeah, some of them are just high-strung," Shawn murmured back as they approached the counter. "
26 " As he took careful steps into the dark, wooden garage, he smelled linseed oil and solvents with a citrus note, which in turn sounded like an extremely disagreeable bottle of wine. "
27 " Alfred Hitchcock suffered from anxiety attacks," Sarah told him, "and he said that the sources behind them were, in order, small children, policemen, high places, and that his next movie wouldn't be as good as the last one." "Small children can be terrifying. "
28 " At home, he needed to hear the purring of his cat. It was the only thing that attenuated his nerves when his job was getting to him. "
29 " Bag that box for me," he called out to Crane as he ran back to the main house with the key, pushing through the group of startled monks. He clambered back down the basement stairs, sneezing again on the way, then poised the key in front of the lock. He slid the key in, finessing it a little side to side, muttering a short prayer to anyone or anything that could turn this damn case around, whether the entity the monks dedicated their lives to, the washing machine daemon, or the minor Sumerian god who lived in Ron Safari's hair. "