Hyman Hedrix

“With a resigned shrug, she screamed and collapsed into a faint. She stayed resolutely fainted, despite the liberal application of smelling salts, which made her eyes water most tremendously, a cramp in the back of one knee, and the fact that her new ball gown was getting most awfully wrinkled.”
― Gail Carriger, Soulless

“The guy who was standing said, “We don’t want you here.” Reacher said, “You’re confusing me with someone who gives a shit what you want.”
― Lee Child, Nothing to Lose

“I could've totally cut out your heart before you knew what was happening."
"What stopped you?"
"I thought Montgomery might've been pissed off at all the blood on the sheets."
"Montgomery would never be something as uncouth as pissed off. Annoyed in an icily genteel manner, perhaps.”
― Nalini Singh, Archangel's Legion

“That's when I heard the sounds of a certified genius spinning around in circles like a dog chasing its tail.”
― Ally Carter, I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have to Kill You