Thomas Griesedieck

“I undressed and got into bed without looking at the empty twin bed on the other side of the room. In a way it was a relief not to have to explain to anyone what I had been doing all day.”
― Ross Macdonald, The Moving Target

“Weird as tits on a bishop.”
― Robert Shea, The Illuminatus! Trilogy: The Eye in the Pyramid/The Golden Apple/Leviathan

“Don’t let anything walk past you,” and Lucas knew well what that meant. There are opportunities and adventures that are there for only a short period of time, and only available to people of a certain age.”
― George P. Pelecanos, The Cut

“Brock called himself Jamaican but had never set foot on the island. He was as American as folding money and war.”
― George P. Pelecanos, The Night Gardener