“The laugh came then, a marvelous honking hoorah so infectious that Dill felt it should be quarantined.” Laugh Book:Briarpatch Source: Briarpatch
“I think she must have lived where all the sad poets live, in that secret place where everything hurts all the time.” PsychologyEmotional Pain Author:Ross Thomas
“The redheaded homicide detective stepped through the door at 7:30 A.M. and out into the August heat that already had reached 88 degrees. By noon the temperature would hit 100, and by two or three o'clock it would be hovering around 105. Frayed nerves would then start to snap and produce a marked increase in the detective's business. Breadknife weather, the detective thought. Breadknives in the afternoon.” Opener Book:Briarpatch Source: Briarpatch