You picked the seats you did for a reason, right? Familiarity. Too bad the best sleuths avoid familiarity. It dulls the investigative instinct.

A girl could lather up in soap like that.

...five minutes from now, when everything else had dropped away and I realized the full impact of what I’d done, I’d feel my heart breaking.

It’s so real." "Most dreams are. It isn't until you wake up that you see all the plot holes.

Patch: “Let’s get out of here.” – Nora: “Where are we going?” – Patch: “You’ll see.

Chauncey seethed at the outrageous insult. "And your father?" he demanded, extending the sword. He didn't yet know all his vassals, but he was learning. He would brand the family name of this boy to memory.

I take my job seriously, which means I'm going to need to get acquainted with the subject matter on a personal level.