Philip Kuo

“Why, he’s Hercule Poirot! You know who I mean—the private detective. They say he’s done the most wonderful things—just like detectives do in books.”
― Agatha Christie, The Murder of Roger Ackroyd

“Don't you think there's a time and place for everything? Don't you think if someone starts out to tell you about his father's farm, he should stick to his guns, then get around to telling you about his uncle's brace? Or, if his uncle's brace is such a provocative subject, shouldn't he have selected it in the first place as his subject - not the farm?”
― J.D. Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye

“He smelled good. Sweat and motorcycle and wintergreen. No stinking weed smoke. No perfume. No sadness. He smelled like love.”
― Bryn Greenwood, All the Ugly and Wonderful Things

“He needed me to speak, because his heart hurt, too. I didn’t want to be mean, but sometimes, it was dangerous to open my mouth and let words out.”
― Bryn Greenwood, All the Ugly and Wonderful Things