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The Instant Enemy (Lew Archer #14) QUOTES

The Instant Enemy (Lew Archer #14) QUOTES

1 " The past was filling the room like a tide of whispers. "

― Ross Macdonald , The Instant Enemy (Lew Archer #14)

2 " There was some kind of passion between them. It gave off a faint wrong smoky odor, like something burning where it shouldn’t be, arson committed by children playing with matches. I "

― Ross Macdonald , The Instant Enemy (Lew Archer #14)

3 " Prince looked ready to slug me. I almost wished he would. Like most Americans, I was a counter-puncher. "

― Ross Macdonald , The Instant Enemy (Lew Archer #14)

4 " There is a kind of economy in life. You don’t spend more than you have, or say more than you know, or throw your weight around more than necessary. "

― Ross Macdonald , The Instant Enemy (Lew Archer #14)