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21 " fajita beef burrito covered in queso, "
― James Ponti , Golden Gate (City Spies, #2)
22 " You had a full breakfast of pancakes and bacon at the hotel not thirty minutes ago, and you’re already hungry? "
23 " Three thousand, five hundred pounds?” Kat gasped when she saw the price tag. "
24 " Fay Chie Hong is an alley in Chinatown, and a kind of sketchy one at that. By the way, it literally translates into ‘fat boy alley,’ so you have to be careful who you ask about it. "
25 " Lady Hawthorne and Judy Somersby snored so much and so loudly, she’d nicknamed them Lady Nosehorn and Judy Bumblebee. "
26 " saving the Sylvia Earle and in the process saving the very annoying girl that is my cousin Alice. So thank you for that. I think. "
27 " R. "
28 " Why did 4, 12, and 34 go into overtime? "
29 " Because they were all even. "
30 " Earl Grey tea "
31 " Bannock, "
32 " Gutenberg Bible "
33 " Who’s Sir Roger Bannister?” asked Sydney. “A prominent neurologist who also happened to be the first person to run a mile in less than four minutes,” Monty answered. “He set the mark just down the street at Iffley Road Track after spending the morning doing his rounds as a med student at St. Mary’s Hospital. "
34 " There’s a Gutenberg Bible in there. Not to mention four original copies of the Magna Carta. "
35 " gobsmacked! "
36 " Do they put the piece of paper with the fortune on it inside the cookie before they bake it or after?” Paris scoffed as if it was a ridiculous question, but then paused. “You know, I have no idea. You’d think the fortunes would burn if they went in the oven, right?” “But if you wait until after, how do you slide it in without breaking the cookie?” Paris did a quick search on his phone. “It’s in the middle of the process.” “What do you mean?” asked Rio. “They bake the cookies as flat circles,” Paris answered as he read about it. “Then they put the fortune in and fold the cookie while it’s still warm. When it cools, it holds its shape and the fortune is inside. "
37 " It’s a reminder that sometimes when you’re reading a situation, the answer lies not in what you see, but in what is missing. "
38 " There was a buzz of excitement in the room, but also a hint of uncertainty. Sensing this, Kat turned to Mother to remind him of a good luck tradition they had at the start of every operation. “You know it’s not really a mission until you say it.”This was as close to official as it would get, but it was an important step, a way for Mother to signal to the others that he was fully on board.“This operation is hot,” he said with a sly smile. “We are a go. "
