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A flock of cardinals in scarlet frocks with tall white miters on their heads came trailing behind him.
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Esistono alcuni uomini che entrano nella vita di una donna e la mandano all'aria per sempre. Joseph Morelli l'ha fatto a me - non per sempre, ma di tanto in tanto.
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Superbia, Acedia, Luxuria, Ira, Gula, Invidia, Avaritia. The seven deadly sins. That's the extent of my Latin.
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If she wasn't standing there, I'd grab you and shake you until the fillings fell out of your teeth." "Police brutality." "It has nothing to do with being a cop. It has to do with being Italian."
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You're afraid if you catch this guy, you'll lose the excitement in your life and the goal-oriented sense of purpose that drives you.
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But in my experience, the virtuous are usually the first to die.
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This here's the twenty-first century. Just 'cause we're women don't mean we can't be sick as men.
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together on tiny
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Personally, I thought we were in big trouble if I was the one standing between the world's population and hell.
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La maggior parte delle donne sarebbero contente di essere seguite da me>>. <>. <>.
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My father is an equal opportunity bigot. He wouldn't deprive a man of his rights. And he's not a hate-filled man. He simply knows in his heart that Italians are superior, that stereotypes were created by God, and if a person is worth anything at all he drives a Buick.
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I don't think there's a degree in protesting." "There's a lot to learn," Lula said. "You gotta know about making signs and holding them up in the right fashion. And there's ways to be obnoxious and provoke a fight. Then you gotta shout slogans and such."
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Okay, let's try
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The game is afoot.
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I'm told there's a paint specialist in Denver who does wonderful work," Judy said. "I've started a GoFundMe page for Mr. Murphy." "That's a excellent idea," Lula said. "I hear those pages rake in big bucks. And they got a good variety of weed in Denver, too."
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Did you happen to hear anything about me this afternoon?" "Just how you got thrown off the bridge and Ranger jumped in to save you." "Does Mom know?" "Yeah. She ironed sheets for three hours, mumbling about how she wished you were more like your sister with all the kids and a lawyer for a husband, and how she couldn't understand you not wanting to be a butcher. And then she had a couple nips of booze while she was making supper, and some re..
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We need some french fries to celebrate with," Lula said after I bought the dress. "My treat." "I can't have french fries. Another ounce and I won't get into the dress." "French fries are a vegetable," Lula said. "They don't count when it comes to fat. And besides, we'll have to walk all the way down the mall to get to the food court, so we'll get exercise. In fact, probably we'll be so weak from all that walking by the time we get there we'..
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We better hurry," Grandma said. "I don't want to be late for the viewing. I want to get a good seat right up front, and there'll probably be a crowd, being that the deceased was shot. You know how some people are nosy about that sort of thing." There was silence at the table, no one daring to make a comment. "Well, I guess I might be a little nosy," Grandma finally said."
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Oh my God. You're going to Julie Morelli's wedding! It's true about you and Joe." "What about me and Joe?" "I heard you were living with him." "I had a fire in my apartment, and I rented a room from him for a short time." Sandy's face scrunched up in disappointment. "You mean you weren't sleeping with him?" "Well, yeah, I guess I was sleeping with him." "Oh my God. I knew it! I just knew it! What's he like? Is he excellent? Is he ... you kn..
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You made the paper again," Grandma said. "And the phone's been ringing off the hook. Your mother's in the kitchen, ironing." My mother always irons during times of disaster. Some people drink, some take drugs. My mother irons."
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And in an instant I was pinned beneath him, which was not an entirely unpleasant experience once I realized it was Ranger. We were groin to groin, chest to chest, with his hands locked around my wrists. A moment passed while we did nothing but breathe.
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Hell, bravery didn't have anything to do with it. I was shitfaced.
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Grandma has some things in common with the Queen of England. They have the same hairstyle, they each carry their purse in the crook of their arm, and no one tells either of them what to do. Grandma
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You could sell it." He shrugged into the jacket. "I thought of that, but I decided to give this a try first. See how it felt." A horn beeped from outside. "That's Lula," I said. "She's got the runs."
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Ranger was dressed in jeans and a black T-shirt and boots,
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he hasn't cut his hair in at least ten years. For all I know that was also the last time he washed it.
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It was two whacked-out guys who said they always wanted to kidnap a midget.
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Did the little girl witness a murder?" "No. She stole a medal that was worth a suitcase full of money." Ranger raised his eyebrows and grinned. "Good for her. I like to see enterprise in kids."
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Because that is who you are. Sometimes when a plan is right,
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A few years back, a con to trick
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You have a lot of nerve pulling the gratitude card on me after all I've done for you.
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Hollywood these days." "We've"
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There's been an accident. I had Mr. Loosey on the table, and I was gonna get him dressed, and then I had to go fix the thermostat, and when I got back to Mr. Loosey, I noticed he was missing his..um, private part. I don't know how this could happen. One minute it was there, and the next minute it was gone." -Louie Moon, mortician's assistant"
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Are you hungry?" Grandma asked me. "Do you need breakfast?" "I'm famished!"
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Okay," she said. "I'll go with him, but you owe me. I want one of them five-gallon jugs of rice pudding when I come"
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If he's as frustrated as I am, he'll be at Rita's," Ranger said."
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I grew up with Morelli, lost my virginity to him, ran over him with my father's Buick in a fit of justifiable rage, and now years later he's my boyfriend.
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looked around for Grandma, spotting her and Dougie hiding behind a car on the opposite side of the street. They were wearing Super Suits and they had bath towels pinned around their necks like capes.
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I'm on my way," Ranger said. "I'm about ten minutes from Quaker Bridge. I'll call when I have her."
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I had dinner at your parents' house three days ago and once a week is my limit. Joe to Stephanie.
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The clock on the dash told me I was seven minutes late, and the urge to scream told me I was home.
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Pretty," he said. "The wine?" "You." I was wearing a white T-shirt and striped pajama bottoms with a drawstring waist. My feet were bare and my hair was down and disorderly. "This would be perfect if we were in my apartment and not yours, and you were spending the night," he said."
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I'm not sure why I'm still working for Vinnie, except that the office is across from a bakery.
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I didn't do anything with him. He wanted a date for tonight." "Holy crap," Lula said. "And?" Connie said. "And I had a restless night thinking about it," I told them. "I bet," Lula said. "If it was me I would have been burning out the motor on my intimate appliances."
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