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By a Spider's Thread (Tess Monaghan #8) QUOTES

By a Spider's Thread (Tess Monaghan #8) QUOTES

1 " She might not be as strong as everyone she met, or as fast, or even as smart. But she could bullshit with the best of them. Combine that with a license to carry, and a girl could more than get by in this life. "

― Laura Lippman , By a Spider's Thread (Tess Monaghan #8)

2 " Tess’s Uncle Donald winced when he entered the Kibbitz Room at Attman’s Delicatessen. The pained expression "

― Laura Lippman , By a Spider's Thread (Tess Monaghan #8)

3 " Still, the food is good.” Whenever Tess came to Attman’s, she wondered why she wasn’t there at least once a week. “Best deli in Baltimore, by my lights. "

― Laura Lippman , By a Spider's Thread (Tess Monaghan #8)

4 " Read The Ghost Writer and American Pastoral, then get back to me. What about your father? "

― Laura Lippman , By a Spider's Thread (Tess Monaghan #8)

5 " Where are you getting your material—Portnoy’s Complaint?” “What does an Irish lass named Monaghan know from Portnoy and afikomens? I imagine you reading James Joyce and drinking "

― Laura Lippman , By a Spider's Thread (Tess Monaghan #8)

6 " Cain—and the password, “Indemnity.” Given how rapidly management changed at the Beacon-Light, it was entirely plausible that this familiar "

― Laura Lippman , By a Spider's Thread (Tess Monaghan #8)

7 " and a Dr. Brown’s celery soda. "

― Laura Lippman , By a Spider's Thread (Tess Monaghan #8)