Quotes from JoAnna Carl

He went on to the outside door, opened it, and stepped back to let me out. Or I thought he was going to let me out. I stepped forward and he stepped sideways, and we bumped into each other again. Suddenly we were standing in the doorway, nose to nose. This time neither of us moved. We stood just there. The moment would have passed if either one of us had reacted normally. Or maybe we did react normally. It was a heck of a kiss.

I told Lee people in the chocolate business can't take honeymoons until the last bunny's been sold.

If you want to look at a Detroit Free Press published since 2000," the reference librarian said, "you can use a database." "I'll be right over." "Come ahead. Unless you want to access it from your own computer." "I can do that?" "Certainly." The librarian explained how, and she didn't even sound condescending. Librarians are wonderful people.

Just when I finally found fifteen minutes for myself, the dead man came to the door.

All the best stories end with a clinch.

Common politeness required that I find out; so did extreme nosiness.

Nobody died at our wedding.