Who knows what part we play in other people's dreams?

My notion of an elegant table is you don't leave the knife sticking out of the mayonnaise jar.

Perhaps when we're forced to forfeit what we own, we lose any sentimental associations. Perhaps pawning our valuables frees us in the same way a house fire destroys not only our worldly goods, but our attachment to what's gone.

Life was reduced to its four basic elements: air, food, drink, and a good friend.

I read the paper every day. There are certain subjects that will catch my attention. I have an entire file of articles. Of course I make up the story, especially since most criminals are not very smart and fictional crime must be clever. I have to make sure the story I am telling is interesting and realistic. In this book I went on line and found out the manners of codes. I thought it interesting to use them as a jumping off point.

I was an English major in college with minors in Fine Arts and Humanities.

Lucky is the spouse who dies first, who never has to know what survivors endure.