Burl Barer > Quotes

“You can buy a Talking Barbie anywhere, but you can't even special order Listening Ken.”
― Burl Barer

“It all comes out in the wash. It's just the spin cycle that makes you crazy”
― Burl Barer

“Well, if you don’t like the idea of one world, how many worlds do you want, and how would you like them divided? By race? By religion? By income? Unless you have a spare planet in your pocket, one world is all we have.”
― Burl Barer, The Saint

“Phil didn't know he was dead until he read it in the paper. All things considered, he took it rather well.”
― Burl Barer

“Frank remembered a guy who killed his wife with a frying pan or a teapot or some other kind of kitchenware. The couple had been married for years, when the husband just snapped. Maybe he’d been nagged too much. Maybe she undercooked his steak or refused to clean his skid-marked undies. Who knows? He felt bad enough about the whole deal to stand around and wait for the cops to come and arrest his ass. He probably learned in state prison exactly how difficult it is to be someone’s wife.”
― Burl Barer, A Taste For Murder

“Killing me loudly with your gun is not a good idea by any standard.”
― Burl Barer, A Taste For Murder

“To appreciate a rose, you do not sniff the soil from which it grew; to understand a rose, you must know the soil that nourished it and gave it life.”
― Burl Barer, Betrayal In Blue: The Shocking Memoir Of The Scandal That Rocked The NYPD

“critical”
― Burl Barer, Murder in the Family

“cardboard carton of pre-fabricated cinnamon roles from the refrigerator's freezer compartment, microwaved them, and squeezed out a decorative white topping from an accompanying pouch.”
― Burl Barer, Capture the Saint

“With all the head and pubic hair we collected,” stated Grimes flatly, “we could have knitted a sweater.”
― Burl Barer, Murder in the Family