Quotes from Jonathan Kellerman

a reason why not. And—and, let's pretend

and had been observed entering and exiting one of Larue's current

Who is rich?' the rabbis ask. And they answer: he who is satisfied with his portion.

Because like all psychopaths he was grandiose, and convinced of his own personal magnetism, assumed worship on the part of others.

soil-colored liquid was a bog and he was sinking.

If it was up to me, people unable to live independently would be cared for in small, humane hospitals subject to strong oversight and addicts would be offered clean beds, three squares, and serious detox, and if that didn't work, supervised dosage of drugs.

Feeling deeply is a virtue, Bev. It allows life to take on meaning and at some point your joy will be even greater than if you'd simply drifted with the currents.

Romero's shirt. Spike's head was out the window, tilted up at the cloudless sky.

Everyone who's conscious deserves some level of expectation, not dismissal as a throwaway.

A man with a sense of humor. Women claim that's important. It is if there's also money and a functional penis. Enough money, eliminate the penis.

always talked about her middle sister, my aunt Edna, being afraid of her own shadow as a kid. When

intentionally ignore the handrail. Midway

an assistant's assistant's walking-around-guy's gopher's peon's underling slave.

you don't know your family?" "I'm from Missouri, haven't seen the California branch for years. Do guests sign a register or something that tells you who they're visiting?

the gruesome opposite of tearing into gift wrap.

tall man in his thirties wearing jeans with rolled bottoms, a tiny-collared white shirt, and a red paisley tie appeared. Longish dark hair was combed to look careless. Black-rimmed glasses and red-brown saddle shoes added up to hipster, not corporate lawyer.

I went along agreeably until all that was left was agreeability.

and he was at his computer, hunting-and-pecking like a studious rhino.

black hair slicked but rebellious, white sideburns shaggy and mal-trimmed ("let's hear it for skunk stripes")

Cohen said, "Okay, no sense dillydallying

It's people who don't think who sink into bigotry.

Beneath our laughter lay a fundamental difference in how we each viewed the world. Psychologists believe people can change. They have to, or else what's the point of psychology? The opposite is true for law enforcement. We rely on the principle that people tend to make the same stupid mistakes, over and over.

again. It had gotten colder, but no better.

what we just saw between Fellinger