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Spider Bones (Temperance Brennan, #13) QUOTES

Spider Bones (Temperance Brennan, #13) QUOTES

1 " we both know phone inquiries aren’t handled that fast. It’s been only twenty-four hours since Plato Lowery was informed of the situation. He "

― Kathy Reichs , Spider Bones (Temperance Brennan, #13)

2 " then flats of marigolds and petunias. Made of sterner stuff, I figured, their sort might survive my regime of horticultural neglect. "

― Kathy Reichs , Spider Bones (Temperance Brennan, #13)

3 " One, she’d gotten no hits with the MP families. Two, Honolulu PD Detectives Lô and Hung would begin canvassing hospitals first thing in the morning. "

― Kathy Reichs , Spider Bones (Temperance Brennan, #13)

4 " Human pigmentation is contained solely in the epidermis, the skin’s outer layer. Lose the epidermis, we all look Scandinavian, "

― Kathy Reichs , Spider Bones (Temperance Brennan, #13)

5 " the military loves its alphabet soup. At CILHI, I was issued a glossary of acronyms as thick as my arm. KIA/BNR: killed in action, body not recovered. DADCAP: dawn and dusk combat air patrol; AACP: advance airborne command post; TRF: tuned radio frequency. Or trident refit facility. I guess context is important for that one. But you get the idea. It makes a civilian want to join the AAAAAA: the Association for the Abolition of Abused Abbreviations and Asinine Acronyms. "

― Kathy Reichs , Spider Bones (Temperance Brennan, #13)