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1 " I also suspected that lo romantico might be involved as well. Americans so easily fall in love. "
― Bobby Underwood , Beautiful Detour (Nostalgia Crime #1)
2 " I wanna show the girls how to use them. In case they get the drop and take away our guns. They probably won't search the girls." Juanita said, "I Chihuahua! You want us carry those things?" "And use them if you have to." Susan looked up and said, "I Chihuahua!" Rick almost spit out his food he started laughing so hard. "
3 " She was the kind of girl any guy could fall head over heels for in five seconds and I was trying to decide if she was on the up-and-up. We'd talked and sparred and laughed, yet I still knew nothing about her. And when she went to freshen up she hadn't just taken her purse, she had taken that valise as well. My head was telling me to be careful but my heart and a few other parts were ready to jump in with both feet. She was hard to size up. My gut, which was usually right, said she was okay. But not everything added up, and there was always a first time for my gut to be wrong. "
4 " Juanita, in a town full of starlets and wanna-be starlets, stood out. She was prettier than Lupe Velez and could handle a gun or a client with equal ease. But she also had the sweetest nature of any girl I knew. She had a lot of fellas and they all seemed to be happy about it and I didn't ask too many questions. She had been helping wait tables beneath our office off and on for about six months before I'd picked up that insurance case. It was only right I make it up to her so after she paid the agency's bills, I split the remaining seven grand down the middle, 3,500 apiece. I'd never seen a girl so happy except maybe at the movies when Lombard was jumping up and down on the bed because Godfrey loved her. "
5 " Rick was stretched out on the floor taking a nap. He was the lightest sleeper I'd ever known. He could doze just about anywhere and be up and alert in an instant. His ability to drop off and then wake up at the slightest sound or movement had kept us alive on one occasion as we were trying to make it to friendly forces after our crash. He opened one eye when he heard me then went back into his slumber. "
6 " I'm happy you like me too, Johnny." "Oh, I like you, I just don't trust you. "
7 " He looked like Ramon Navarro, back when Ramon Navarro looked like Ramon Navarro. "
8 " One of those Los Angeles legends that add mystery to the bright lights and glamour. "
9 " The boys weren't just whistling Dixie when they said she was a piece of junk that flew. The flying part I had yet to see but from the looks of her, it was going to be nothing short of a miracle from heaven if we cleared the forest at the end of the runway. She had more patches on her than a Georgia quilt, and though she was civilian, you could tell she'd caught some anti-aircraft fire somewhere along the way. "
10 " I'm glad you're along, Juanita. We may need you to translate." "I forget to tell, Johnny. My Spanish not so good. I from Tijuana." We all looked at her in disbelief and then the laughter started. This was going to be one bumpy ride all around. "
