“You know for sure Jane would be annoyed she gave you all her money and you’re not even enjoying it. Should have given it to me.’ Myrna had shaken her head in mock bewilderment. ‘I’d have known what to do with it. Boom, down to Jamaica, a nice Rasta man, a good book—’
‘Wait a minute. You have a Rasta man and you’re reading a book?’
‘Oh, yes. Each has a purpose. For instance, a Rasta man is great when he’s hard, but not a book.’
Clara had laughed. They shared a disdain for hard books. Not the content, but the cover. Hardcovers were simply too hard to hold, especially in bed.
‘Unlike a Rasta man,’ said Myrna.”
― A Fatal Grace
‘Wait a minute. You have a Rasta man and you’re reading a book?’
‘Oh, yes. Each has a purpose. For instance, a Rasta man is great when he’s hard, but not a book.’
Clara had laughed. They shared a disdain for hard books. Not the content, but the cover. Hardcovers were simply too hard to hold, especially in bed.
‘Unlike a Rasta man,’ said Myrna.”
― A Fatal Grace
“No. It was almost impossible to electrocute someone these days, unless you were the governor of Texas.”
― A Fatal Grace
― A Fatal Grace
“Let every man shovel out his own snow, and the whole city will be passable," said Gamache. Seeing Beauvoir's puzzled expression he added, "Emerson."
"Lake and Palmer?"
"Ralph and Waldo.”
― A Fatal Grace
"Lake and Palmer?"
"Ralph and Waldo.”
― A Fatal Grace
“When someone stabs you it's not your fault that you feel pain.”
― A Fatal Grace
― A Fatal Grace
“In my teens my drug of choice was acceptance, in my twenties it was approval, in my thirties it was love, in my forties it was Scotch. That lasted a while,’ she admitted. ‘Now all I really crave is a good bowel movement.”
― A Fatal Grace
― A Fatal Grace
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