Kathryn

“The hand of bone and sinew and flesh achieves its immortality in taking up a pen. The hand on a page wields a greater power than the fleshly hand ever could in life.”
― Laurie R. King, A Letter of Mary

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

“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

“Macalvie, that was an incredibly lachrymose question.”
― Martha Grimes, Rainbow's End