Cortez Helmer

“Then he remembered what Maura had said about his comic book: . . . it was okay, but— Greg wanted Maura to finish that sentence. Then he thought, What do I care what she thinks?”
― Andrew Clements, Lunch Money

“I hate to break it to you, but this is the worst cast of Can’tflyitis I have ever seen.”
― Robert Agnello, The Glimmers Save Christmas

“Crete, May 1941. It was nearly five o’clock when the three soldiers reached the end of the olive grove. The dust-filled air shimmered in the late-afternoon heat. Their bodies ached, their uniforms were caked with dirt and sweat and they were hungry, thirsty and exhausted. The sensible thing now would be to lay up where they were for a few hours’ rest, then finish the journey under cover of darkness. But there was a tight deadline to meet. The evacuation vessel was scheduled to leave at midnight and they had been warned the captain wouldn’t wait for stragglers.”
― Mark Ellis, The French Spy

“The film image of a dead child dressed in blood-red floating, Ophelia-like, in "Don’t Look Now" swam before her eyes. It must be some kind of diabolical threat!”
― Theasa Tuohy, Mademoiselle le Sleuth