| Link | Quote | Stars | Tags | Author |
| a785d80 | I will be known forever as the Puppy who chased a cutpurse and caught fish garbage instead. My descendants will pretend I'm not in their bloodline. No - no one will want to make descendants with me. [from Beka Cooper's journal of her first day as a new Dog i.e. cop] | first-day police-officer | Tamora Pierce | |
| 95ae488 | Trenton cops wore more hats than I could name. They were arbitrators, social workers, peacekeepers, baby-sitters and law enforcers. The job was boring, terrifying, disgusting, exhausting and often made no sense at all. The pay was abysmal, the hours inhuman, the department budget was a joke, the uniforms were short in the crotch. And year after year, the Trenton cops held the city together. | police-officer | Janet Evanovich |