Quotes About Adventure

Saved by the grandma Ranger

As Stephanie and Lula were going after the bad guys, Lula was making preparations from the trunk of her Firebird. Stephanie looked inside and stopped breathing for a beat. That's a rocket launcher! Yep, Lula said. It's a big boy. I got it at a yard sale in the projects.

Sorry about Bender, Lula said, letting the Trans Am idle at the curb. Maybe we could tell Vinnie he died. We could say we were all set to bring Bender in, and he died. Bang. Dead as a doorknob. Better yet, why don't we just go back and kill him, I said. I opened the door to leave, caught my toe in the floor mat, and fell out of the car, face first. I rolled onto my back and stared up at the stars. I'm fine, I said to Lula. Maybe I'll sleep here tonight.

I can give you a better 'and then', Ranger said.

Yeah, I like that idea. Maybe he'll shoot at us again. I was hoping someone would shoot at me today. That was the first thing I said when I got up: Boy, I hope I get shot at today.

Stephanie Plum, psycho bait.

Diesel is back, Ranger said. Yes. How did you know? I woke uo with a migraine this morning, Ranger said.

Thats what her cars do, Lula said. They explode. But I gotta tell you this was the best. This here's the first time she exploded a garbage truck. One time her truck got hit with an antitank missile. That wasn't bad either, but it couldn't compare to this.

We want you to break into the Smithsonian. Always a pleasure, Nick said. Kate raised an eyebrow at Nick. You've done it before? Nick shrugged. Nobody goes to D.C. without visiting the Smithsonian. Most people go when it's open. I don't like crowds.

He had a lot of muscle and a skill level somewhere between Batman and Rambo.

I don't need shoes. I need a night scope. You think they sell night scopes someplace here?

Kiss those cuffs good-bye. Lula from Hard Eight By Janet Evonavich

They were about ten yards away, coming up the starboard side, when the men suddenly dove off their boat. Nick looked over his shoulder and saw Kate standing behind him with a rocket-propelled grenade launcher resting on her shoulder. It may have been the sexiest thing he'd ever seen.

It wouldn't kill you to flirt a little, so I don't remember this assignment as totally sucking. I'm babysitting a guy who thinks he's a leprechaun, and I'm rescuing a has-been horse. The least you could do I grab my ass once in a while.

Holy Mary, mother of God, my mother said. You were being chased by Richard Nixon, Bill Clinton, and a rabbit.

Think of this as an adventure, Diesel said. I'm from Jersey. I get my adventure on the Turnpike.

helped Grandma off and removed her helmet. She stepped away from the bike and straightened her clothes. "I can see why people like these Harleys," she said. "They really wake you up down there, don't they?

Why do you gotta be going somewhere? Seems like it should be enough that we had nachos. And we got meaningful jobs. We catch bad guys. If it wasn't for us, there'd be vampires and all kinds of shit running around loose.

Okay, Ranger said. We're going to walk through the room and look for this guy. Pretend I'm not here. You going to be the wind again? I asked. Ranger grinned. Wiseass.

The difference between adventure and adversity is attitude.

Finding out" with Ranger is a whole different deal than finding out with Lula. Lula and I are Lucy Ricardo and Ethel Mertz. Ranger is Batman.

I might be a stay-at-home mother someday, but I'll always be trying to fly off the garage roof. That's just who I am.

I cut my eyes to the alley. Ranger was still there, doubled over the steering wheel, shaking with laughter.

Embarrassing as it was to admit, I was beginning to enjoy the role, thinking there was nothing like packing a pair of cuffs to put some spring into a woman's step.