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21 " You have to step on people’s feet and kick them in the back of the leg,” Grandma said, “then they move away from you. "
― Janet Evanovich , Seven Up (Stephanie Plum, #7)
22 " I might be a stay-at-home mother someday, but I’ll always be trying to fly off the garage roof. That’s just who I am. "
23 " The third message was from my mother. 'Why me?' she said. 'Why do I have to have a daughter who finds dead bodies? Where did I go wrong? Emily Beeber's daughter never finds dead bodies. Joanne Melanowski's daughter never finds dead bodies. Why me!' News travels fast in the Burg. "
24 " For the better part of my childhood, my professional aspirations were simple—I wanted to be an intergalactic princess. I didn’t care much about ruling hordes of space people. Mostly I wanted to wear the cape and the sexy boots and carry a cool weapon. "
25 " Children. Suppose we have children and it turns out we don’t like them?” “If we can like Bob, we can like anything,” Morelli said. Bob was in the living room licking lint off the carpet. "
26 " looked around for Grandma, spotting her and Dougie hiding behind a car on the opposite side of the street. They were wearing Super Suits and they had bath towels pinned around their necks like capes. "
27 " I’m on my way,” Ranger said. “I’m about ten minutes from Quaker Bridge. I’ll call when I have her. "
28 " Princeton isn’t actually part of New Jersey. It’s a small island of wealth and intellectual eccentricity floating in the Sea of Central Megalopolis. "
29 " Truth is, I think naked men are kind of strange looking what with their doodles and ding-dong hanging loose like they do. Nevertheless, there’s the curiosity thing. I guess it’s another one of those car crash experiences, where you feel compelled to look even if you know you’ll be horrified. "
30 " Ranger’s lips swept along my jawline to my ear. “I could make you forget the gown. "
31 " Damn, piss, shit, fuck! "
32 " Of course when you have a Bob dog everything is dog food. "
33 " made myself a peanut butter and olive sandwich, "
34 " Is that a bulletproof vest? See, now that's so insulting. That's like saying I'm not smart enough to shoot you in the head." Eddie DeChooch "
35 " It's been almost a month since you found a body. I knew you were due."Carl Costanza - Seven Up "
36 " I could use some help with an FTA.What's your problem?He's old, and I'll look like a loser if I shoot him. "
37 " There are lots of things we've never talked about." "Such as?""Children. Suppose we have children and it turns out we don't like them?""If we can like Bob, we can like anything," Morelli said. Bob was in the living room licking lint off the carpet. "
38 " I’m a book junkie. When I retire from wrestling I’m going to open a mystery bookstore.” “Can you make a living selling mysteries?” “No. Nobody makes a living selling mysteries. The stores are all fronts for numbers operations. "
39 " We didn’t do this sort of emotional display. We did temper and sarcasm. Anything beyond temper and sarcasm was virgin territory. "
40 " What was the deal with me today? It was as if my mouth wasn’t connected to my brain. "