Beth Slucher

“from nowhere, spoiling what was otherwise a placid scene, arises the obnoxious sound of an ATV speeding back and forth through the scrub. Keep in mind that this is private property, actually your own damn property. So you put the shovel in the back of your truck and proceed slowly (headlights off) down the narrow dirt road until the trespassing vehicle comes into view, parked sideways and blocking the way. It’s a Polaris quad with the inevitable camo wrap. Also: whip antenna, rifle rack, oversize mud tires, and an LED light bar for night romps.”
― Carl Hiaasen, Fever Beach: A Novel

“Baudelaire’s “The Remorse of the Dead.”
― Carl Hiaasen, Star Island

“William Congreve. Heav’n has no rage, like love to hatred turn’d, Nor hell a fury, like a woman scorn’d.”
― Marshall Karp, The Murder Sorority

“life is very long, unless it is not.” Sadie knew this to be a tautology, but it also happened to be true.”
― Gabrielle Zevin, Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow