Kathryn

“A friend of mine'll follow him home tonight", Tiny said, "to get me the address. He's on the four to twelve. Around one, I'll put on a ski mask and go to that guy's house and put his head in his holster." "A ski mask," Dortmunder echoed. He was thinking how much good a ski mask would do to disguise this monster. In order to be effectively disguised, Tiny would have to put on, at a minimum, a three-room apartment.”
― Donald E. Westlake, Why Me

“It is much more sensible to be an optimist instead of a pessimist, for if one is doomed to disappointment, why experience it in advance?”
― Elizabeth Peters, The Snake, the Crocodile and the Dog

“First, a bath. I'm feeling soiled. Too much contact with cold reality, I think.”
― Kerry Greenwood, Death at Victoria Dock

“You know how I feel about pretty boys—there aren’t enough of them in the world as it is—we can’t have people wantonly removing them.”
― kerry greenwood