Patsy Lahue-gravitt

“Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind; And therefore is wing'd Cupid painted blind. Nor hath love's mind of any judgment taste; Wings and no eyes figure unheedy haste: And therefore is love said to be a child, Because in choice he is so oft beguil'd.”
― William Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night’s Dream

“Martinsson had sifted through the tip-offs. Everything that the police learnt was fed into a computer. Then he did a rough sort. The most ridiculous ones never got beyond the print-outs.
“Hulda Yngveson phoned from Vallby and said that is was the disapproving hand of God that dealt the blow,” said Martinsson.
“She always calls,” sighed Rydberg. “If a calf runs off, it’s because God is displeased.”
“I put her on the C.F. list,” said Martinsson.
The sullen atmosphere was broken by a little amusement when Martinsson explained that C.F. stood for “crazy fools”.”
― Henning Mankell, Faceless Killers

“It was a feeling which stayed with him after he got back home to his terrace house on the Kristianstad road. When he had finished his dinner and played with his children for a while, he went out with the dog. Martinsson lived in the neighbourhood, so he decided to stop by and tell he and Noren had seen. The dog was a Labrador bitch and Martinsson had asked recently if he could join the waiting list for puppies.”
― Henning Mankell, The White Lioness

“If you can make a woman laugh, you can make her do anything.”
― Marilyn Monroe