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Morelli grinned down at me. "I don't know where he's getting it, but he's got some really good shit in those brownies." --
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My skill level is so high I do things I don't even try to do.
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You don't listen." "I always listen," Ranger said. "I don't always agree. I have a problem right now that I can't seem to solve by myself. I need you to help me find my daughter. And there's an even bigger problem involved. I feel a financial and moral obligation to my daughter. I send child support, I send birthday and Christmas presents, I visit when I'm invited. But I've kept myself emotionally distanced. I'm not emotionally distanced fr..
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It means that he looks like my boyfriend, but I don't say it out loud.
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When I was pink and clean I crawled into bed and pretended I was at Disney World.
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Ranger leaned closer and lowered his voice.
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Hey!" Lula yelled, back in Ranger's face. "You look at me when I'm having a breakdown. And don't pull that mysterio silent shit on me. I don't take that bus, you see what I'm saying?"
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That's just terrible. Obviously the woman needed a cannoli. I don't know what this world's coming to when you get arrested for needing a cannoli.
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Bucky's garage was a two-bay cinder block structure that sat like an island in a sea of cars. New cars, old cars, smashed cars, rusted cars, cars that had signed on for the vital organ program,
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Then you know that my portrayal was dead-on. He breaks into homes and asks children to eat him. He's obviously not a well-adjusted pancake.
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I guess that's where I heard of her. There's lots of people in that seniors' club, and I don't go to the meetings all the time. I can only take so much of old people. If I want to see loose skin I can look in the mirror.
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changed expression. Wariness, maybe. I felt a body move so close it was skimming my own, and a warm hand protectively settled at the base of my neck. Without turning I knew it was Ranger.
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Life is a series of natural changes. Resisting change only creates sorrow. Let reality be reality. Let things flow naturally forward in whatever way they like.
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You can't be mad at me," Ranger said. "I'm cute. I might even be adorable."
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Kate heard from Nick two weeks after the events in Hawesville. He invited her to a mansion on Broad Beach in Malibu. The place belonged to an actor who was shooting an eight-hour gothic miniseries in Bulgaria. Nick was an actor friend from England who was housesitting. At least that's what he told the neighbors. Kate wore her favorite date-night outfit of jeans, Glock, and navy FBI windbreaker. Nick had Tolberones and caviar set out. "If I ..
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I don't mean to be critical of the Trenton police," I said, "but wouldn't you think someone could catch this goddamn rabbit? He's riding around, handing out photos."
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She'd wanted to grow up to be a superhero, and in a left-turn kind of way she felt like she was on track.
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You have to step on people's feet and kick them in the back of the leg," Grandma said, "then they move away from you."
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His hands still held the windbreaker, his knuckles resting lightly on my breasts. An act of intimate possession more than of sexual aggression.
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Lots of times I'm not crazy about the writing, but I keep moving ahead and somehow it gets better. The important thing is to move forward.
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Pbbtlt. "It smells like ham, Glo said. It must be Hatchet" Hatchet moved out of the shadows. "My intent was to capture and torture for information, but you have made my job easy. I now know the clue and can give this information to my master." "He's not going to believe you," Glo said. "You fart." Hatchet stood tall with one hand on his sword. "Everyone doth fart." "Not like you," Glo said. "You're a ham farter." Hatchet pressed his lips to..
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uh-oh," Ranger said. "you been reading those Nancy Drew books again?"
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Are you laughing? I can feel you laughing. My life isn't funny!" "Babe, your life should be a prime-time sitcom." --
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Okay, I know he was captain of the football team and he could bake a cake--that didn't mean I was ready to suck his finger. I was picky about what I put in my mouth. "I'll wait," I told him. "Wouldn't want to spoil my appetite."
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I wanted to marry Aladdin so I'd get to fly on his magic carpet. So you can see that we were coming from different places.
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Nick stopped on the sidewalk, pulled a ring from his pocket, and handed it to Kate. "Your wedding ring." It was a platinum band inlaid with diamonds. Simple but elegant. Kate put the ring on her finger. "That's got to be the least romantic proposal in history. Where did you steal this?" "I bought it," he said. "That must have been a new experience for you." "It was. Cost me ten grand." He slipped a matching platinum band onto his finger. "I..
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Are you a feminist?" "You bet your ass," Lula said. "Unless I need something done that's man's work."
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Adaptation is one of the great advantages to being born and bred in Jersey. We're simply not bested by bad air or tainted water. We're like that catfish with lungs.
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What's on your bucket list?" I asked. "I got six things so far," Grandma said. "First off, I want new breasts. These ones I got are a mess."
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Which was one reason why Revolt of the Zombie Strippers was being shot in Gallup and not in a warehouse in Van Nuys.
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Lula fired off a shot that went wide, and Poletti charged Briggs. Grandma swung her purse just as Poletti swept past her. The big black patent leather bag caught Poletti on the side of the head, and Poletti staggered and crashed to the ground. Ranger cuffed him, and the three cops took over.
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He answered on the second ring. 'Remington Steele, at your service.' 'Remington Steele? You've got to be kidding.' 'Is it too on the nose?' 'I thought you were James Bond today.'
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Stroll around and look sexy, ask annoying questions, in general get on everyone's nerves. All those things that come naturally to you.
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You don't know. You've never been married and divorced. Everything is insurmountable when you're married. The fact that you want to talk at the breakfast table and he insists on reading his paper is insurmountable. Leaving the seat up on the toilet is insurmountable. Getting peanut butter in the jelly jar is insurmountable. People don't change just because they're married. All those little habits and personality quirks that you previously t..
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So all you have to do is get in touch with Spider-Man?
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office. "Freaking glorious." I hefted my bag higher on my shoulder and I headed out. Tank was standing guard on the sidewalk, in front of my car. "I have a couple FTAs," I said to Tank. "One's in the Burg and one's in Hamilton Township. I have to stop at my apartment first to get some clean clothes and stuff." "It might be easier if we took one car for the busts," Tank said. I agreed. "Do you want to drive or ride shotgun?" Tank's eyebrows ..
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Her concept of paradise was something more immediate: a book and a blanket beneath a tree, where she might read in peace.
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Superheroes are make-believe." "Oh yeah?" Lula said. "What about God?" "Hmmmm."
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We've got to get into shape," I said to Lula. "We should go to a gym or something." "I'd sooner set myself on fire."
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I don't have a car. How am I going to get around?" "Taxi. Skateboard. Drone pickup. Figure it out!"
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He tucked my hair behind my ear, his fingertips brushing feather light across my temple, his thumb at the line of my jaw. "I have my own team." --
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Diesel was smiling at Grandma. "You blew through almost two hundred thousand and you were playing dollar slots? That's impressive." "Especially since some of that time I was winning," Grandma said. "Twelve dollars?" "Yep. I was on a roll."
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I don't feel comfortable with that," Emerson said. "I'm not actually a gun person." "Guns don't kill people," Rollo said. "Pontiac GTOs being pushed off mountains kill people."
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