" Dixon Steele: You know, when you first walked into the police station, I said to myself, “There she is — the one that’s different. She’s not coy or cute or corny. She’s a good guy — I’m glad she’s on my side. She speaks her mind and she knows what she wants.”

Laurel Gray: Thank you, sir. But let me add: I also know what I don’t want — and I don’t want to be rushed. "

― Dorothy B. Hughes , In a Lonely Place