Quotes from Robert B. Parker

Pearl eyed a man and woman walking by in funny hats. Her whole body stiffened with the desire to bark at them. Mine too. But we had both been urged repeatedly not to, and we were

Ollie do any of his own work?" "Mostly he runs things.

I had a Coors beer. I never cared for Adolph Coors's politics, but I wasn't sure I cared for anyone's, and he made a nice beer. No carcinogens.

both practicing restraint.

After I hung up I felt completed, the way I always did after talking to her, like a plant that had been watered.

A pig is a pig," she said. "Whether he's public or private, he works for the same people." "Next time you're in trouble," I said, "call a hippie.

Hawk looked at Tony without speaking. He had three gunshot wounds and still could barely stand, but

Theory is no substitute for information," Susan said.

Few places are more charming than a quiet cocktail lounge in the middle of the day with the ice tinkling in the glasses and the starched look of a bartender's white shirt and the clarity of the beer in the glass with the bubbles drifting up.

We're not ordinary. No one else is like us.

He had on a red sleeveless jumpsuit, black shirt with bell sleeves, high-heeled black patent leather boots with black laces. A full-length black leather trench coat hung open.

You shoot, you always shoot to kill. It's not the movies. You're in a crisis situation, you got about a half second to do what needs to be done. Your

and tested room service. I left her at work Monday

You can be smart and not know much," I said. He nodded and drank some Coke. "Smartest broad I ever fucked," he said. And that in itself must be some kind of fame.

I'm sleeping with a Harvard grad," I said. "The Emory of the North," Becker said.

Satyriasis?" Susan

To say that Susan shopped would be like saying that sharks eat. It was disciplined frenzy. While

There were circles where people knew me better. Of course, they weren't circles anyone wanted to move in.

A way of living better is to make the decisions you need to make based on what you can control. When you can.

I could not love thee, dear, so much,' Ã¢â'¬Â I said, " Ã¢â'¬Ëœloved I not honor more.' 

Money makes the world go round, darlin'. And sex makes the trip worthwhile. Sex

Luck is the residue of design," I said.

O'Mara sat back down and crossed his legs effortlessly. His freshly creased slacks were the color of butterscotch. His wing-tipped loafers were burgundy. He wore no socks. He had on a starched white shirt, open at the throat, and a blue blazer with brass buttons. My clothes must never fit that well, I thought. I'd be overwhelmed with sexual opportunities, and never get any work done. I promised myself to be careful.

Quite the largest percentage," Rachel said, "of child molestations are committed by heterosexual men. As I pointed out in my book, the incidence of child molestation by lesbians is so small as to be statistically meaningless.