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“They’re service dogs,” Norah said, without missing a beat. “So they have to stay with us.”

Patel looked at the mutts dubiously. “These are service dogs?”

“Yes,” Norah said serenely.

One of the things that Alicia had always admired about Norah was the fact that she was a committed liar. Not to be confused with a good liar; Norah’s gift was the ability to come up with a lie on the spur of the moment and remain committed to it against all logic and reason.

“For…?”

The pause was negligible. “Irritable bowel syndrome.”

The detectives exchanged a look. Hando, still stroking the dog’s chin, snorted. “You have service dogs for IBS?”

“Of course.”
― Sally Hepworth, Darling Girls

“We were all so repressed in our twenties,” Grandma continues. “Just focused on marrying the first jerk who asked.”
― Amy Tintera, Listen for the Lie

“Those were thoughts I couldn't admit to him, of course. I might have been obsessed with him, but a woman knows if she wants to keep a man forever, she has to act like she could get over him in a day.”
― Colleen Hoover, Verity

“We are all born for love. It is the principle of existence, and its only end.”
― Benjamin Disraeli

“There are only three people in life you can never fool--pawnbrokers, whores, and your mother. Since your mother's dead, I've taken her place. Hence, I'm bullshit-proof.”
― Scott Lynch, The Lies of Locke Lamora

“I am the king idiot,” he muttered, “of all the world’s fucking idiots.”
― Scott Lynch, The Lies of Locke Lamora

“What kind of man would put a known criminal in charge of a major branch of government? Apart from, say, the average voter.”
― Terry Pratchett, Going Postal

“There was a definite feel about Adora Belle Dearheart that a lid was only barely holding down an entire womanful of anger.”
― Terry Pratchett, Going Postal

“Smile, say the right kind of words in the right kind of voice, and always, always radiate confidence like a supernova.”
― Terry Pratchett, Going Postal

“Look, he said to his imagination, if this is how you're going to behave, I shan't bring you again.”
― Terry Pratchett, Going Postal

“Neither Deluge Nor Ice Storm Nor The Black Silence Of The Netherhells Shall Stay These Messengers About Their Sacred Business. Do Not Ask Us About Sabre-Tooth Tigers, Tar Pits, Big Green Things With Teeth Or The Goddess Czol.”
― Terry Pratchett, Going Postal

“Do you not know that a man is not dead while his name is still spoken?”
― Terry Pratchett, Going Postal

“Steal five dollars and you're a common thief. Steal thousands and you're either the government or a hero.”
― Terry Pratchett, Going Postal

“You know how to pray, don’t you? Just put your hands together and hope.”
― Terry Pratchett, Going Postal

“The clacks?” said Moist. “I daresay the clacks is wonderful if you
wish to know the prawn market figures from Genua. But can you write
S.W.A.L.K. on a clacks? Can you seal it with a loving kiss? Can you cry
tears onto a clacks, can you smell it, can you enclose a pressed flower? A
letter is more than just a message. And a clacks is so expensive in any case
that the average man in the street can just about afford it in a time of crisis:
GRANDADS DEAD FUNERAL TUES. A day’s wages to send a message as warm
and human as a thrown knife? But a letter is real.”
― Terry Pratchett, Going Postal

“ALWAYS REMEMBER that the crowd that applauds your coronation is the same crowd that will applaud your beheading. People like a show.”
― Terry Pratchett, Going Postal

“Never promise to do the possible. Anyone could do the possible. You should promise to do the impossible, because sometimes the impossible was possible, if you could find the right way, and at least you could often extend the limits of the possible. And if you failed, well, it had been impossible.”
― Terry Pratchett, Going Postal

“And the nice thing about a stake through the heart was that it also worked on non-vampires.”
― Terry Pratchett, Going Postal

“Miss Dearheart gave him a very brief look, and shook her head. There was movement under the table, a small fleshy kind of noise and the drunk suddenly bent forward, colour draining from his face. Probably only he and Moist heard Miss Dearheart purr: ‘What is sticking in your foot is a Mitzy “Pretty Lucretia” four-inch heel, the most dangerous footwear in the world. Considered as pounds per square inch, it’s like being trodden on by a very pointy elephant. Now, I know what you’re thinking: you’re thinking, “Could she press it all the way through to the floor?” And, you know, I’m not sure about that myself. The sole of your boot might give me a bit of trouble, but nothing else will. But that’s not the worrying part. The worrying part is that I was forced practically at knifepoint to take ballet lessons as a child, which means I can kick like a mule; you are sitting in front of me; and I have another shoe . Good, I can see you have worked that out. I’m going to withdraw the heel now.’

There was a small ‘pop’ from under the table. With great care the man stood up, turned and, without a backward glance, lurched unsteadily away.

‘Can I bother you?’ said Moist. Miss Dearheart nodded, and he sat down, with his legs crossed. ‘He was only a drunk,’ he ventured.

‘Yes, men say that sort of thing,’ said Miss Dearheart.”
― Terry Pratchett, Going Postal

“The figure stopped to cough long and hard, making a noise like a wall being hit repeatedly with a bag of rocks. Moist saw that it had a beard of the short bristled type that suggested that its owner had been interrupted halfway through eating a hedgehog.”
― Terry Pratchett, Going Postal

“Oh, my warrior queen,” Astaroth said softly. “Has anyone ever worshipped you the way you deserve?”
― Sarah Hawley

“Explosives.
Opioids.
Nuclear weapons.
None of them could hold a candle to hope, the most dangerous commodity in the world.”
― Jodi Picoult, By Any Other Name

“Underneath what? The latest supermodel? Let Google tell it. He’s got a deli number-counter at the foot of his bed.”
― K.M. Jackson, How to Marry Keanu Reeves in 90 Days

“If Vengeance has a mother, her name is Patience.”
― Jay Kristoff, Godsgrave

“The heavens grant us only one life, but through books, we live a thousand." - Godsgrave by Jay Kristoff”
― Jay Kristoff, Godsgrave

“Memory is a traitor, and a liar, and a good-for-nothing thief.”
― Jay Kristoff, Godsgrave

“If you can't see your chains, what use is a key?”
― Jay Kristoff, Godsgrave

“There's no softer pillow than a clear conscience.”
― Jay Kristoff, Godsgrave

“Like when people say they slept like a baby. Do they mean they slept well? Or do they mean they woke up every ten minutes, screaming?”
― Lee Child, Killing Floor

“Evaluate. Long experience had taught me to evaluate and assess. When the unexpected gets dumped on you, don’t waste time. Don’t figure out how or why it happened. Don’t recriminate. Don’t figure out whose fault it is. Don’t work out how to avoid the same mistake next time. All of that you do later. If you survive.”
― Lee Child, Killing Floor