You don't look so hot, Adrien." "Yeah, well I'm having a bad heart day." His upper lip curled in a semblance of a smile. "Tell me about it.

A pause followed my greeting. Then “We’re watching you ” whispered the voice on the other end. “Yeah? Did you see what I did with my keys? ” Silence. Then dial tone. These younger demons. So easily discouraged.

You know that thing about Death Be Not Proud? Well, Fear Be Not Proud either. And Fear Be Not Elegant. What Fear be is stumbling, bumbling flight, crashing through brush, slip-sliding on pine needles, sloshing through puddles that are always deeper than you expect.

If there was one life skill everyone on the planet needed, it was the ability to think with critical objectivity

I thought I recognized you." Really? He remembered me looking like Swamp Thing? How flattering.

...Jake, a homosexual cop buried so deep in the closet he didn't know where to look for himself.

The problem with a life spent reading is you know too much.