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1 " If I'd been listening closely, I'd have caught the sound of the gods having a great big old tee-hee at my expense. "
― Sue Grafton , U is for Undertow (Kinsey Millhone, #21)
2 " I showered and shampooed. I even shaved the requisite legs and armpits just in case I fell in a swoon and one or the other was exposed to view. (Kinsey Millhone) "
3 " I stood when she reached the table and we did that fake kissing thing, looking like a pair of budgies about to peck each other to death. "
4 " bailiwick. "
5 " He’d set an eight-quart pan on the stove and the water had just reached a rolling boil. On the bottom of the pan there was a crumpled section of foil. I watched "
6 " him add a quarter cup of baking soda, after which he placed the silverware in the bubbling water with the foil. "
7 " He’d set an eight-quart pan on the stove and the water had just reached a rolling boil. On the bottom of the pan there was a crumpled section of foil. I watched him add a quarter cup of baking soda, after which he placed the silverware in the bubbling water with the foil. "
8 " influenced, and I’d be corrupting his "
9 " A woman of contradictions . Forthright and secretive in the same breath. "