E.H. Davis > Quotes

“Also unable to sleep, Laurent was suffering a paroxysm of conscience — whipping him between hope and despair, between heaven and hell, between life and death.”
― E.H. Davis, My Wife's Husband

“one of the primary principles of dramatic unity: Chekhov’s gun. It postulated that every element in a narrative must be purposeful, relevant, and necessary.”
― E.H. Davis, My Wife's Husband

“Armand Laurent. My wife’s husband,” he added, conscious of the irony.”
― E.H. Davis, My Wife's Husband

“The odor from her hand filled the car. It smelled like peaches and something more feminine and intimate. He recognized it as civet, which seemed to him the tantalizing essence of every Eve since the beginning of time.”
― E.H. Davis, My Wife's Husband

“Thrice good,”
― E.H. Davis, My Wife's Husband

“Home is where they have to take you when you got no place else to go.”
― E.H. Davis, My Wife's Husband

“Ferdie had to concede that his ruse had bought him time.”
― E.H. Davis, My Wife's Husband

“Teddy never did any chores without being asked and coaxed numerous times. Jens knew, from talking with other parents of LDs, Learning Different kids, that volunteering was generally not in their repertoire.”
― E.H. Davis, My Wife's Husband

“Teddy — bear.”
― E.H. Davis, My Wife's Husband

“Laurent’s blue-black gun barrel — all six inches — landed on his head.”
― E.H. Davis, My Wife's Husband

“Despite all the trappings of success — winner of the prestigious Mystery Writers Poe Award, a book on the bestseller list (but not too recently), two homes and two late model cars, a son in private school and a handsome, talented, accomplished wife snoring beside him — he was troubled.”
― E.H. Davis, My Wife's Husband

“Jens guessed her age at about thirty-something, midrange.”
― E.H. Davis, My Wife's Husband

“He nearly got caught speeding, at the last minute spotting a state trooper’s cruiser lurking behind a billboard.”
― E.H. Davis, My Wife's Husband

“Any reference to what she perceived as inadequacy, however far-fetched or unlikely, made her defensive.”
― E.H. Davis, My Wife's Husband