Quotes from Janet Evanovich

figure you gotta have the right attitude about this stuff. Take Dolly, for instance. Dolly was gonna try to keep her lunch date, which is a good thing, because life gotta go on. And even though he was dead, Dirk sort of looked like he was smiling.

My first thought was always of cake. His first thought was always of sex. Don't get me wrong. I like sex . . . a lot. But it's never going to replace cake.

Didn't want to look out of place." I didn't want to burst his fantasy bubble, but the only time Ranger wouldn't look out of place would be standing in a lineup between Rambo and Batman.

He doesn't look gay." "Of course he does. His skin is flawless and his haircut is perfect. And look at his slacks. Not a single wrinkle." "How does he do that?" Leo asked. "I always get the wrinkles.

Well, damn," Lula said, "I can hear his little feet going, but I can't see him. He's lost in between all these cars.

Sure, I know that," Lula said. "Nothing scares you. You're a big badass bounty hunter." "Damn right," I said. And then I concentrated on not hyperventilating.

ignore the obvious signs of danger and stumble into something ugly with the potential for disaster. This was one of those times. I was in a tunnel under a strip club, and I was with my coworker, Lula.

made myself a peanut butter and olive sandwich

No, wait. Skip the gravy. I don't want to get gravy on my tank top. Gravy's hard to get out of sequins.

I wrinkled my nose. "What is that smell? Oh God, I didn't mess myself, did I?

Well hell, Tallulah, then go get an ice cream.

So, what's the point of running away if you have nowhere you want to go?

Grandma was in her mid-seventies and didn't look a day over ninety.

Sometimes when we are coming down from the many drugs we must take to make it through the night in this hellhole kitchen, we leave the cleanup to morning," Raymond said.

Personally, I thought we were in big trouble if I was the one standing between the world's population and hell.

I'm only getting one doughnut," Lula said, getting out of the Firebird. "I'm on a new diet where I only have one of anything. Like I can have one pea. And I can have one piece of asparagus. And I can have one loaf of bread.

How about we cut a hole in your bedspread and punch your head through it," Lula said. "That should be about your size.

The knife easily cut through the silky material of my shirt and my bra, and a huge wad of toilet paper fell out.

chicken remains, wads of paper towels, empty soup cans, lunch-meat wrappers, and God knows what else.

La maggior parte delle donne sarebbero contente di essere seguite da me». «Io non sono la maggior parte delle donne». «Come se non lo sapessi».

Günter killed his light and waited in the pitch-black, straining his ears for the noise to repeat itself.

I figure happiness is a choice that you make.

You had a strange childhood." "Everyone's childhood is strange. It prepares you for the strangeness of adulthood.

I give people gift cards," Lula said. "You could buy them in the supermarket. They're easy. There's gift cards for everything from Starbucks to Target and in between. I like them on account of the message they send. I figure it puts people on notice. A gift card says I feel obligated to get you something, but I don't care enough to put any effort into finding just the right gift. Gives people some idea of their place in your life, you see what I'm saying?