Philip Kuo

“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

“Are you happy in your life?”
― Blake Crouch, Dark Matter

“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

“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