“But Barton never goes outside, Lieutenant. Unless it’s to walk over to a waiting vehicle.”
Georgina Hickes, An Ornamental Murder.
“A dictionary can hurt you, Bobby. It can hurt a person so bad.”
Will Southey, Government Cheese, the Novel.
If they were good liars, you would not know that they had ever lied.
Hecuba Gathers, A Purely Physical World.
“Name someone who has an audience, Carly. And we will take a look at that audience and see what we find.”
Devona Twilly, Shallowness, a Novel.
…another lovely girl, bouncing all about on horseback.
Nicholas Crisp, Unfit for Murder.
“I did want to kill him, Katie. Anyone would! Just to remove that smirk from this dismal world.”
Glynnis Hoving, The Multiplication Murders.
Roger is a pet owner of the intense sort. Almost fanatical. So, Mr. Dunaway does himself no favor by using the expression “cat kabob” in his presence.
Charles Jeffrey Yett, Writing in Miniature—Vol. Three.
“They’re all minnows today, sir. Nor a full fish among ’em.”
Trenton Childe, Rob Riddle and His Friends. (1792)
“…he refers to his sleepwear as jumpkins. And his plain woolen cap as boppo. To this day, his family remain completely baffled.”
Quentin Drabb, Ebenezer’s Untold Tales.
Encourage mental illness.
Terence Theodore, Proverbs for a New Era.
