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1 " carrying "
― Jonathan Kellerman , Serpentine (Alex Delaware, #36)
2 " As in most cities, L.A.’s venerable country clubs were founded as citadels of us versus them. Wasn’t success judged by who you rejected? "
3 " No one spoke all the way to Hollywood. "
4 " I listened as she griped enthusiastically about the pathetic emotional stamina of the undergrads foisted upon her. She’d said the same thing last year. I said, “It’s gotten worse?” “It’s nonstop devolution, Alex. The batch I got this semester is allergic to facts and feels entitled to unearned adoration. We’re talking the emotional musculature of blind cave worms. "
5 " The problem is academics are students afraid to graduate, so their grasp on reality is for shit. "
6 " bandwidth "
7 " Red everywhere on Waze, as if the city were bleeding. "
8 " Grumbling, grimacing, and mumbled curses peak during the muddled middle of murder investigations, when promising leads break their promises. "