Whitney smacked Coop's snout while simultaneously pressing herself deeper into the couch. Coop fixed her with an unblinking ice-blue stare, gray-brown fur bristling along his spine. "Tory!" Whitney squealed. "He's going to attack!" "Maybe." I walked into the kitchen and snagged a Diet Coke from the fridge. "Try to protect your throat.
Kathy ReichsI have come to think of violence as a self-perpetuating mania of the power of the aggressive over those less strong.
Kathy ReichsIf you want to be an anthropologist, you need to study physical anthropology specialized in bones. If you want to be a forensic chemist, get a degree in chemistry. Do you want to do DNA work? Get a degree in microbiology. And do well. Study hard and go to graduate school.
Kathy ReichsAhh! Lady Pillows. So much fluffier than mine.โ He took a giant whiff. โWhy does everything girlie smell so delightful?โ โBecause we acknowledge the importance of basic hygiene. And periodically clean our bathrooms.โ โBrilliant. I should write that down. After all, it takes a village.
Kathy ReichsThough Anne was born in Alabama and schooled in Mississippi, she had traveled North, and, like many Southerners, gained a theoretical understanding of the concept of cold. But the mind is an overprotective parent. What it doesn't care for, it hides. Like many inhabiting the subtropics, Anne had repressed the reality of subzero mercury.
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