Mike

“I explained to the desk sergeant who I was, and he got so excited at one point that he glanced up at me for a moment before he went back to writing in a spiral notebook.”
― Robert B. Parker, Looking For Rachel Wallace

“A lot of women were like that. It was as if the gun were alive and might fire itself at any minute, killing everyone within range. I knew that guns untouched were inert. For me a gun was a way to equalize disparities in strength and size. Guns could protect people. Me included. If used badly they could be deadly. But that was true of automobiles and scotch whiskey.”
― Robert B. Parker, Shrink Rap

“All dogs wanted to be good dogs, no matter how unpromising they seemed. You just had to help them find a way.And they were sunshine creatures. When their master opened his eyes in the morning it was their signal that the day had begun, and a day was to be greeted with joy and intense interest.”
― Thomas Perry, The Old Man

“The woman looked at me as if I had proposed sodomy.”
― Robert B. Parker, Sudden Mischief