Home > Work > W is for Wasted (Kinsey Millhone, #23)

W is for Wasted (Kinsey Millhone, #23) QUOTES

W is for Wasted (Kinsey Millhone, #23) QUOTES

21 " One of Henry’s many endearing qualities is his interest in matters that are of interest to me. "

― Sue Grafton , W is for Wasted (Kinsey Millhone, #23)

22 " He blinked at me lazily and I blinked back at half speed, an exchange I later learned was called a cat kiss. "

― Sue Grafton , W is for Wasted (Kinsey Millhone, #23)

23 " Essentially we’re talking about the buildup of ketones in the blood. Ketones are a type of acid that form when the body breaks down fat for energy. Patients typically have a recent history of binge drinking, little or no food intake, and persistent vomiting. This results in a delay and decrease in insulin secretion and excess glucagon secretion. A lot of hokum here that I’ll skip . . . “Basically, "

― Sue Grafton , W is for Wasted (Kinsey Millhone, #23)

24 " don’t mind my asking? "

― Sue Grafton , W is for Wasted (Kinsey Millhone, #23)

25 " Two dead men changed the course of my life that fall. One of them I knew and the other I’d never laid eyes on until I saw him in the morgue. The first was Pete Wolinsky, an unscrupulous private detective I’d met years before through Byrd-Shine Investigations, where I’d served my apprenticeship. I worked for Ben Byrd and Morley Shine for three years, amassing the six thousand hours I needed for my license. The two were old-school private eyes, hard-working, tireless, and inventive. While Ben and Morley did business with Pete on occasion, they didn’t think much of him. He was morally shabby, disorganized, and irresponsible with money. "

― Sue Grafton , W is for Wasted (Kinsey Millhone, #23)

26 " its embrace. The sky still claims them and we who honor them will hold them dear from this day forward. "

― Sue Grafton , W is for Wasted (Kinsey Millhone, #23)

27 " I am still able to recite long portions of Alfred Noyes’s “The Highwayman” at the slightest provocation. "

― Sue Grafton , W is for Wasted (Kinsey Millhone, #23)

28 " I don’t. I take it he was homeless.” Aaron shrugged. “That’s my guess. A group of them have been congregating in that grassy patch across the street from the Santa Teresa Inn. Before that, they camped in the park adjacent to the municipal swimming pool.” “Who called it in?” He took off his glasses and polished "

― Sue Grafton , W is for Wasted (Kinsey Millhone, #23)

29 " My take on the indigent is that some are there because of temporary setbacks, some by default, and some for lack of an alternative. Some are needy, some are off their meds, some have opted out, some have been ousted from facilities where they might be better served. Many are there for life and not always by personal choice. Alcoholic, addicted, aimless, illiterate, unmotivated, unskilled, or otherwise unable to prosper, they sink to the bottom, and if they’re down for any length of time, they lose the capacity to climb back out of the hole into which they’ve fallen. If there’s a remedy, I don’t know what it is. From what I’ve seen of the problem, most solutions perpetuate the status quo. "

― Sue Grafton , W is for Wasted (Kinsey Millhone, #23)

30 " Why is it that other people’s plans so often seem ill thought out while our own make so much sense? I "

― Sue Grafton , W is for Wasted (Kinsey Millhone, #23)

31 " safety "

― Sue Grafton , W is for Wasted (Kinsey Millhone, #23)

32 " Sometimes the import of a minor moment makes all the difference. "

― Sue Grafton , W is for Wasted (Kinsey Millhone, #23)

33 " He sported a wedding ring and a wristwatch that looked sturdy enough to flush down a toilet without losing time. "

― Sue Grafton , W is for Wasted (Kinsey Millhone, #23)