Isabelle

“The hand that holds the money cracks the whip.”
― James M. Cain, Mildred Pierce

“We've had this date with each other from the beginning.”
― Tennessee Williams, A Streetcar Named Desire

“What's that smell in this room? Didn't you notice it, Brick? Didn't you notice a powerful and obnoxious odor of mendacity in this room? There ain't nothin' more powerful than the odor of mendacity. You can smell it. It smells like death.

—Big Daddy”
― Tennessee Williams, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

“Then he went over and sat down on the unoccupied twin bed, looked at the girl, aimed the pistol, and fired a bullet through his right temple.”
― J.D. Salinger, Nine Stories