A.A. Fair > Quotes

“He said it with the air of a man who always demands the best, and then settles for what he can get.”
― A.A. Fair, Top of the Heap

“There’s enough of the social climber in most people so that they fall for this stuff and consider it a privilege to be admitted to a place that specializes in taking their money.”
― A.A. Fair, Top of the Heap

“if you want to be really lonely, try a big city. Everyone’s a stranger, and if you don’t have just the right kind of contacts, they remain strangers.”
― A.A. Fair, Turn on the Heat

“Bertha Cool barged on into the room like a fortified tank moving in on an enemy front line of entrenchments.
“I’m Bertha Cool,” she said. “I’m a detective. Cut out the lollygagging and get the hell down to business.”
― A.A. Fair, Beware the Curves