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What's So Funny? (Dortmunder, #14) QUOTES

What's So Funny? (Dortmunder, #14) QUOTES

1 " May knew John had a very bad tendency, when things got unusually difficult, to sink with an almost sensuous pleasure into a warm bath of despair. Once you’ve handed the reins over to despair, to mix a metaphor just a teeny bit, your job is done. You don’t have to sweat it any more, you’ve taken yourself out of the game. Despair is the bench, and you are warming it. "

― Donald E. Westlake , What's So Funny? (Dortmunder, #14)

2 " Well, you might not think it to look at me,” Dortmunder told him, “but I got a family crest.” “Have you?” “Yeah. And it’s got a motto on it.” “I am anxious to hear this motto.” “Quid lucrum istic mihi est.” Mr. Hemlow squinted; the red-headed hawk in flight. “I’m afraid my Latin is insufficient for that.” “What’s in it for me,” Dortmunder translated. "

― Donald E. Westlake , What's So Funny? (Dortmunder, #14)

3 " understood that in the business environment it was considered a gesture of civilization to offer the guest something to drink without booze in it, and probably a hostile act to refuse it, so he said, “Seltzer, yeah, sounds good. "

― Donald E. Westlake , What's So Funny? (Dortmunder, #14)

4 " Mr. Dortmunder, this is too good a story to just jump in and tell the end.” Dortmunder hated stories that were that good, but "

― Donald E. Westlake , What's So Funny? (Dortmunder, #14)

5 " I Googled it all.” Dortmunder had heard of this; some other nosey parker way to mind everybody else’s business. "

― Donald E. Westlake , What's So Funny? (Dortmunder, #14)

6 " Two days in a row with morning appointments! What kind of evil cloud was he under here, all of a sudden? "

― Donald E. Westlake , What's So Funny? (Dortmunder, #14)

7 " found himself marveling at how many different names there are in this world. All individual, most pronounceable. Think of that. "

― Donald E. Westlake , What's So Funny? (Dortmunder, #14)

8 " If he were any more crooked, you could open wine bottles with him. "

― Donald E. Westlake , What's So Funny? (Dortmunder, #14)