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1 " I checked out the wine. Screw cap. The greatest invention since fire. "
― Janet Evanovich , Takedown Twenty (Stephanie Plum, #20)
2 " I think I got a bruise from landing on you. I hear bacon is real good for healing a bruise. "
3 " Babe,” Ranger said, “you need to make some decisions.” “I made decisions. I’m just having a hard time sticking to them. "
4 " And here's the good part: He got a tongue could measure twenty-one inches. Bet Mrs. Giraffe likes that one. "
5 " I bet,” Lula said. “If it was me I would have been burning out the motor on my intimate appliances. "
6 " Finding out” with Ranger is a whole different deal than finding out with Lula. Lula and I are Lucy Ricardo and Ethel Mertz. Ranger is Batman. "
7 " Ranger unlocked my door, pulled me to him, and kissed me. The kiss started out gentle and finished with enough heat to raise the temperature in the hallway by ten degrees. "
8 " was pulled out of the water and wrapped in a blanket. Someone removed the cuffs. Ranger held me tight against him, his cheek against mine. “You’re okay,” he said. “You’re safe. "
9 " You know nothing. You’re nothing but a skank-ass, pencil-dick hemorrhoid. And you smell like anal leakage.” “Say what? "
10 " So all you have to do is get in touch with Spider-Man? "
11 " Did you happen to hear anything about me this afternoon?” “Just how you got thrown off the bridge and Ranger jumped in to save you.” “Does Mom know?” “Yeah. She ironed sheets for three hours, mumbling about how she wished you were more like your sister with all the kids and a lawyer for a husband, and how she couldn’t understand you not wanting to be a butcher. And then she had a couple nips of booze while she was making supper, and some red wine when we sat down to eat, and she was pretty much in a nice stupor by the time I left. "
12 " If he’s as frustrated as I am, he’ll be at Rita’s,” Ranger said. "
13 " I grew up with Morelli, lost my virginity to him, ran over him with my father’s Buick in a fit of justifiable rage, and now years later he’s my boyfriend. "
14 " The other hand wanted to wrap itself around Ranger’s most perfect body part and not let go. "
15 " Pretty,” he said. “The wine?” “You.” I was wearing a white T-shirt and striped pajama bottoms with a drawstring waist. My feet were bare and my hair was down and disorderly. “This would be perfect if we were in my apartment and not yours, and you were spending the night,” he said. "
16 " I didn’t do anything with him. He wanted a date for tonight.” “Holy crap,” Lula said. “And?” Connie said. “And I had a restless night thinking about it,” I told them. “I bet,” Lula said. “If it was me I would have been burning out the motor on my intimate appliances. "
17 " You need a real gun,” Lula said. “I don’t need a real gun. I’m not shooting anyone.” “Suppose they shoot at you first?” “I wave my arms in the air, scream like a girl, and run away as fast as I can. "
18 " A while back he dated Lula, but Lula was allergic to his cats, and Tank wasn’t giving up his cats for love or money or Lula. "
19 " We could track down a gang guy wanted for armed robbery and assault.” “That sounds like a lot of fun, but I might have to pass on account of I don’t want to die right now.” “We could visit some of Sunny’s relatives and ask if he’s staying with them.” “Ditto for the above reason. "
20 " I have people trying to kill me. A giraffe is low on my list of disturbances. "