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Robert B. Parker quotes: Vinnie and Hawk lounged in the theater lobby, blending in to the theatrical scene like two coyotes at a poultry festival. Vinnie and Hawk lounged in the theater lobby, blending in to the theatrical scene like two coyotes at a poultry festival.
Robert B. Parker quotes: I took a sip. It went surprisingly well with the veal. On the other hand, the fourth margarita goes surprisingly well with everything. I took a sip. It went surprisingly well with the veal. On the other hand, the fourth margarita goes surprisingly well with everything.
Robert B. Parker quotes: She rearranged her legs again. If she kept doing that, it was possible that I might begin to bugle like a stallion. Which would not be dignified. She rearranged her legs again. If she kept doing that, it was possible that I might begin to bugle like a stallion. Which would not be dignified.
Robert B. Parker quotes: It's just that myth about your equipment," I said. "Ain't no myth, man. It's just that myth about your equipment," I said. "Ain't no myth, man.
Robert B. Parker quotes: There can never be any substitute for your own palate nor any better education than tasting the wine yourself. There can never be any substitute for your own palate nor any better education than tasting the wine yourself.
Robert B. Parker quotes: Check the parking lots, too, for the car. Check the parking lots, too, for the car.
Robert B. Parker quotes: Colombians have been dealing with cocaine since your ancestors were running around Ireland with their bodies painted blue," Kingsley Colombians have been dealing with cocaine since your ancestors were running around Ireland with their bodies painted blue," Kingsley
Robert B. Parker quotes: I was struggling happily with my ribs. Normally I ended up with barbecue sauce in my socks when I ate ribs, but I always figured they were worth it. I was struggling happily with my ribs. Normally I ended up with barbecue sauce in my socks when I ate ribs, but I always figured they were worth it.
Robert B. Parker quotes: Money makes the world go round, darlin'. And sex makes the trip worthwhile. Sex Money makes the world go round, darlin'. And sex makes the trip worthwhile. Sex
Robert B. Parker quotes: I read someplace that wanting to know everything about a person is wanting to possess them." "I believe that is probably true," Susan said. I read someplace that wanting to know everything about a person is wanting to possess them." "I believe that is probably true," Susan said.
Robert B. Parker quotes: The point is not to get hung up on being what you're supposed to be. If you can, it's good to do what pleases you. The point is not to get hung up on being what you're supposed to be. If you can, it's good to do what pleases you.
Robert B. Parker quotes: Then why don't you get married?" "I'm not sure. Mostly it's a question of how we'd affect each other, I suppose. Would Then why don't you get married?" "I'm not sure. Mostly it's a question of how we'd affect each other, I suppose. Would
Robert B. Parker quotes: You shoot, you always shoot to kill. It's not the movies. You're in a crisis situation, you got about a half second to do what needs to be done. Your You shoot, you always shoot to kill. It's not the movies. You're in a crisis situation, you got about a half second to do what needs to be done. Your
Robert B. Parker quotes: In the bank they did the same kind of stuff the fortune-teller and the bookie had done. But they dressed better. In the bank they did the same kind of stuff the fortune-teller and the bookie had done. But they dressed better.
Robert B. Parker quotes: None of us offered to shake hands. There was no advantage to letting somebody get hold of you. None of us offered to shake hands. There was no advantage to letting somebody get hold of you.
Robert B. Parker quotes: people trying to look like Eurotrash were sitting outside having various kinds of fancy coffee and looking at each other. people trying to look like Eurotrash were sitting outside having various kinds of fancy coffee and looking at each other.
Robert B. Parker quotes: But like they say at the Pentagon, you have to plan for the enemy's capacity, not his intentions. But like they say at the Pentagon, you have to plan for the enemy's capacity, not his intentions.
Robert B. Parker quotes: Freedom of the press is a flaming sword. Use it wisely, hold it high, guard it well. Freedom of the press is a flaming sword.
Use it wisely, hold it high, guard it well.
Robert B. Parker quotes: Sure, I have advice for people starting to write. Don't. I don't need the competition. Sure, I have advice for people starting to write. Don't. I don't need the competition.
Robert B. Parker quotes: The sedan went too and I stood alone in the woods and watched my ear burn. The sedan went too and I stood alone in the woods and watched my ear burn.
Robert B. Parker quotes: Mary Lou Buckman and I sat in the first booth, and I, mindful of Wild Bill Hickok, sat facing the door. Mary Lou Buckman and I sat in the first booth, and I, mindful of Wild Bill Hickok, sat facing the door.
Robert B. Parker quotes: I do the best I can to approve and disapprove only of my own behavior. I don't always succeed, but I try. I'm trying now and I'm going to keep I do the best I can to approve and disapprove only of my own behavior. I don't always succeed, but I try. I'm trying now and I'm going to keep at it.
Robert B. Parker quotes: Dewar's and water," I said. "Yes. I don't care really, but everyone at work says if you don't order by name they give you bar whiskey. Dewar's and water," I said. "Yes. I don't care really, but everyone at work says if you don't order by name they give you bar whiskey.
Robert B. Parker quotes: To kill a man you need three things: the gun and the balls?" "We can get the gun okay, To kill a man you need three things: the gun and the balls?" "We can get the gun okay,
Robert B. Parker quotes: Teaching is too strong a word for whatever it was I did at Northeastern University. Teaching is too strong a word for whatever it was I did at Northeastern University.
Robert B. Parker quotes: The young man void of understanding may be depended upon to fall into the ditch of debauchery without much pushing, and The young man void of understanding may be depended upon to fall into the ditch of debauchery without much pushing, and
Robert B. Parker quotes: There were worse things than being in love with two women. Better than being in love with none. There were worse things than being in love with two women. Better than being in love with none.
Robert B. Parker quotes: Susan always claimed that when I ate a sub I looked like I'd fought with it. Susan always claimed that when I ate a sub I looked like I'd fought with it.
Robert B. Parker quotes: I didn't have to say it. I just had to write it. It was painful enough. I didn't have to say it. I just had to write it. It was painful enough.
Robert B. Parker quotes: I was doing curls. Hawk said, "How you and Susan doing?" "Love is lovelier," I said, "the second time around." "Worth the scramble," Hawk said. I was doing curls. Hawk said, "How you and Susan doing?" "Love is lovelier," I said, "the second time around." "Worth the scramble," Hawk said.
Robert B. Parker quotes: I was in my office tilted back in my chair with my feet up drinking a cup of coffee and eating my second corn muffin I was in my office tilted back in my chair with my feet up drinking a cup of coffee and eating my second corn muffin
Robert B. Parker quotes: She's a sicko, Hawk." "Ah ain't planning to screw her psyche, babe. She's a sicko, Hawk." "Ah ain't planning to screw her psyche, babe.
Robert B. Parker quotes: Christmas dinner? At Susan's?" I nodded. "We could call it a Kwanzaa dinner, if that would improve your mood. Christmas dinner? At Susan's?" I nodded. "We could call it a Kwanzaa dinner, if that would improve your mood.
Robert B. Parker quotes: I think at this stage in my life I have learned that there are any number of things that men will never know, and can never hope to know, about I think at this stage in my life I have learned that there are any number of things that men will never know, and can never hope to know, about women.
Robert B. Parker quotes: Mostly I thought about Susan with her clothes off. This would solve nearly any problem I had, Mostly I thought about Susan with her clothes off. This would solve nearly any problem I had,
Robert B. Parker quotes: Mary sat, quiet and attentive and blank. It wasn't like talking to a dumb seventh-grader, it was like talking to a pancake. Mary sat, quiet and attentive and blank. It wasn't like talking to a dumb seventh-grader, it was like talking to a pancake.
Robert B. Parker quotes: She was wearing something in purple suede that was too short for a skirt and too long for a belt. She was wearing something in purple suede that was too short for a skirt and too long for a belt.
Robert B. Parker quotes: It was that juxtaposition of how it used to be with how it had turned out that made L.A. so interesting and so sad a place, I thought. It was that juxtaposition of how it used to be with how it had turned out that made L.A. so interesting and so sad a place, I thought.
Robert B. Parker quotes: it's better to be what I am than to be failing at what I am not. it's better to be what I am than to be failing at what I am not.
Robert B. Parker quotes: Joan organizes our social life, and on weekends I follow her around. Joan organizes our social life, and on weekends I follow her around.
Robert B. Parker quotes: her hair. But fantasy her hair. But fantasy
Robert B. Parker quotes: No olive?" I said. "Only a fucking beast would have an olive in his martini, No olive?" I said. "Only a fucking beast would have an olive in his martini,
Robert B. Parker quotes: Walked out without a word. Fogarty nodded at Petrocelli, Walked out without a word. Fogarty nodded at Petrocelli,
Robert B. Parker quotes: With so much at stake maybe I'll just leave now. With so much at stake maybe I'll just leave now.
Robert B. Parker quotes: I headed straight into the setting sun, and rode west at an easy pace. It was going to be a long ride, and there was no reason to hurry. I headed straight into the setting sun, and rode west at an easy pace. It was going to be a long ride, and there was no reason to hurry.
Robert B. Parker quotes: Who is he?" "Jiminy Cricket," I said. "He hangs around to make Who is he?" "Jiminy Cricket," I said. "He hangs around to make
Robert B. Parker quotes: We're fifteen," he said. "And we found each other already? Is that possible? Can you find somebody at fifteen? We're fifteen," he said. "And we found each other already? Is that possible? Can you find somebody at fifteen?
Robert B. Parker quotes: and gestured. A number of students were taking notes, some and gestured. A number of students were taking notes, some
Robert B. Parker quotes: drank more scotch. "Probably he wasn't alone," I said. "Probably not," Hawk murmured. "So," I said. "How you want to handle this? drank more scotch. "Probably he wasn't alone," I said. "Probably not," Hawk murmured. "So," I said. "How you want to handle this?
Robert B. Parker quotes: Writer's block? I've never heard of a plumber complain about plumber's block. Writer's block? I've never heard of a plumber complain about plumber's block.
Robert B. Parker quotes: For David Parker and Daniel Parker, with the respect and admiration of their father, who grew up with them. For David Parker and Daniel Parker, with the respect and admiration of their father, who grew up with them.
Robert B. Parker quotes: If you are going to live life on your own terms, there need to be terms, and somehow you need to live up to them. If you are going to live life on your own terms, there need to be terms, and somehow you need to live up to them.
Robert B. Parker quotes: Perhaps the one absolute essential to growing up well is being tough enough," Susan said. "Like us," I said. Perhaps the one absolute essential to growing up well is being tough enough," Susan said. "Like us," I said.
Robert B. Parker quotes: Susan came down the hall in a white dress that fit her well. She looked like she was receiving an Academy Award for stunningness. I Susan came down the hall in a white dress that fit her well. She looked like she was receiving an Academy Award for stunningness. I
Robert B. Parker quotes: Anger doesn't have to be expressed. It is enough to know that you're angry, and know why, and not lie to yourself about it. Anger doesn't have to be expressed. It is enough to know that you're angry, and know why, and not lie to yourself about it.
Robert B. Parker quotes: When in doubt do something; and hope that if you keep doing it you'll come to understand what it is. When in doubt do something; and hope that if you keep doing it you'll come to understand what it is.
Robert B. Parker quotes: To imply something," Jesse said, "you have to know something. I'm just trying to learn. To imply something," Jesse said, "you have to know something. I'm just trying to learn.
Robert B. Parker quotes: And rich older husbands," I said. "And perhaps some evidence of promiscuity," Susan said. "I mean, every young wife doesn't cheat on her husband. Why And rich older husbands," I said. "And perhaps some evidence of promiscuity," Susan said. "I mean, every young wife doesn't cheat on her husband. Why
Robert B. Parker quotes: Life is mostly metaphor. Life is mostly metaphor.
Robert B. Parker quotes: The medieval courtly love tradition holds that love is impossible in marriage because it is coerced, I said. The medieval courtly love tradition holds that love is impossible in marriage because it is coerced, I said.
Robert B. Parker quotes: Of course not," Samuelson said. "Del Rio's got a place in Bel Of course not," Samuelson said. "Del Rio's got a place in Bel
Robert B. Parker quotes: I heard somebody define heaven once," she said, looking at Pearl, "as a place where, when you get there, all the dogs you ever loved run to greet you. I heard somebody define heaven once," she said, looking at Pearl, "as a place where, when you get there, all the dogs you ever loved run to greet you.
Robert B. Parker quotes: tape on and the car trembled with percussion all the way to Saugus, where Hawk pulled into a Martignetti's off Route 1 and bought three tape on and the car trembled with percussion all the way to Saugus, where Hawk pulled into a Martignetti's off Route 1 and bought three
Robert B. Parker quotes: I'm sleeping with a Harvard grad," I said. "The Emory of the North," Becker said. I'm sleeping with a Harvard grad," I said.
"The Emory of the North," Becker said.
Robert B. Parker quotes: She found me intolerable. But she got to know me, and I wore her down. She found me intolerable. But she got to know me, and I wore her down.
Robert B. Parker quotes: There is excitement in a new kiss, but there is a quality of memory and intimacy in kissing someone you've kissed often before. I There is excitement in a new kiss, but there is a quality of memory and intimacy in kissing someone you've kissed often before. I
Robert B. Parker quotes: Hawk and I lay behind the rock Hawk and I lay behind the rock
Robert B. Parker quotes: I wonder why I'm so uneasy naked," she said. "Maybe it's the gimlet-eyed lechery of my gaze," I said. "Probably," she said. I wonder why I'm so uneasy naked," she said. "Maybe it's the gimlet-eyed lechery of my gaze," I said. "Probably," she said.
Robert B. Parker quotes: One of the things that made Susan so interesting was the fact that she looked like a Jewish princess and worked like a Bulgarian peasant. One of the things that made Susan so interesting was the fact that she looked like a Jewish princess and worked like a Bulgarian peasant.
Robert B. Parker quotes: Tony's patois kept getting broader as we talked. Like Hawk, he seemed able to turn it on and off. "Sho 'nuff," he said. Tony's patois kept getting broader as we talked. Like Hawk, he seemed able to turn it on and off. "Sho 'nuff," he said.
Robert B. Parker quotes: He was probably stud duck at the Rotary Club cookouts. I could have taken him while whistling the Michigan fight song and balancing a seal on my nose. He was probably stud duck at the Rotary Club cookouts. I could have taken him while whistling the Michigan fight song and balancing a seal on my nose.
Robert B. Parker quotes: Too much positive is either scared or stupid or both. Reality is uncertain. Too much positive is either scared or stupid or both. Reality is uncertain.
Robert B. Parker quotes: 'All Our Yesterdays' was unquestionably the best work I have ever done. And the reading public stayed away in droves. 'All Our Yesterdays' was unquestionably the best work I have ever done. And the reading public stayed away in droves.
Robert B. Parker quotes: To be looked at by Susan, naked, with those eyes, over a glass of pink champagne, was all I knew on earth, and all I had to know. To be looked at by Susan, naked, with those eyes, over a glass of pink champagne, was all I knew on earth, and all I had to know.
Robert B. Parker quotes: I could feel the tension radiate from my solar plexus and jangle along the nerve circuitry. It had nothing to do with the weather. I could feel the tension radiate from my solar plexus and jangle along the nerve circuitry. It had nothing to do with the weather.
Robert B. Parker quotes: Quirk was still staring out the window. "I'm trying to keep hold of this thing," he said. "The guy isn't going to stop and Quirk was still staring out the window. "I'm trying to keep hold of this thing," he said. "The guy isn't going to stop and
Robert B. Parker quotes: Rita didn't mind. I knew she wouldn't. Hawk fascinated her. Among other things he was male, which gave him a running start Rita didn't mind. I knew she wouldn't. Hawk fascinated her. Among other things he was male, which gave him a running start
Robert B. Parker quotes: Susan had decided to sit by the pool at the hotel with a copy of a book by Alice Miller called The Drama of the Gifted Child. Susan had decided to sit by the pool at the hotel with a copy of a book by Alice Miller called The Drama of the Gifted Child.
Robert B. Parker quotes: Hawk drifted around behind me in $5000 worth of clothes earning his $150 a day. We saw nothing interesting. We Hawk drifted around behind me in $5000 worth of clothes earning his $150 a day. We saw nothing interesting. We
Robert B. Parker quotes: Not smoking gains in the area of lung cancer, but it loses badly in the realm of dramatic gestures. Not smoking gains in the area of lung cancer, but it loses badly in the realm of dramatic gestures.
Robert B. Parker quotes: Pearl the Wonder Dog was asleep on her back, in the armchair next to the fireplace, with her feet sticking up in the air. Pearl the Wonder Dog was asleep on her back, in the armchair next to the fireplace, with her feet sticking up in the air.
Robert B. Parker quotes: But if I were a man," she said, "I imagine you wouldn't let me say it." "No," I said. "If I didn't need your help, I wouldn't let you say But if I were a man," she said, "I imagine you wouldn't let me say it." "No," I said. "If I didn't need your help, I wouldn't let you say it.
Robert B. Parker quotes: Maybe they were all either pimps or whores. Maybe it was life's classifying principle, maybe I had seen the eternal Footman hold my coat, and snicker. Maybe they were all either pimps or whores. Maybe it was life's classifying principle, maybe I had seen the eternal Footman hold my coat, and snicker.
Robert B. Parker quotes: Because I love you," I said. "Because you are in my life like the music at the edge of silence. Because I love you," I said. "Because you are in my life like the music at the edge of silence.
Robert B. Parker quotes: Yeah. Floyd is his batman. Yeah. Floyd is his batman.
Robert B. Parker quotes: We'll let the B and E slide," Quirk said. "But corpses keep showing up in your area, we might cite you for littering. We'll let the B and E slide," Quirk said. "But corpses keep showing up in your area, we might cite you for littering.
Robert B. Parker quotes: I finished my New Amsterdam Black & Tan. I wanted another one, but I was used to that. I always wanted another one. I finished my New Amsterdam Black & Tan. I wanted another one, but I was used to that. I always wanted another one.
Robert B. Parker quotes: I peeked under the covers. Susan was naked except for a pair of thick white athletic socks. This was another good sign. Susan I peeked under the covers. Susan was naked except for a pair of thick white athletic socks. This was another good sign. Susan
Robert B. Parker quotes: off with Utley." We were all quiet then, Susan and I off with Utley." We were all quiet then, Susan and I
Robert B. Parker quotes: The speaker was the size of a tall The speaker was the size of a tall
Robert B. Parker quotes: You right," Hawk said. "Couldn't happen. Be like J. Edgar Hoover running around in a dress." "Exactly," I said. "Impossible. You right," Hawk said. "Couldn't happen. Be like J. Edgar Hoover running around in a dress."
"Exactly," I said. "Impossible.
Robert B. Parker quotes: Just like human life. You want something so bad you make it hard to get. Just like human life. You want something so bad you make it hard to get.
Robert B. Parker quotes: I always loved it when I had a story to tell her, because her attention was complete and felt like sunlight. I always loved it when I had a story to tell her, because her attention was complete and felt like sunlight.
Robert B. Parker quotes: I really don't know what I am going to do in terms of what a book is going to be about until I actually start writing it! I really don't know what I am going to do in terms of what a book is going to be about until I actually start writing it!
Robert B. Parker quotes: Loss is the price we pay for progress," she said. "Only as we leave things behind do we move forward. Loss is the price we pay for progress," she said. "Only as we leave things behind do we move forward.
Robert B. Parker quotes: Being tough means looking straight at something ugly, and saying, "That's ugly; I'll have to find a way to deal with it." And doing so. Being tough means looking straight at something ugly, and saying, "That's ugly; I'll have to find a way to deal with it." And doing so.
Robert B. Parker quotes: Jesus Christ," she said. "You are just like him, a master of the fucking oblique answer. Jesus Christ," she said. "You are just like him, a master of the fucking oblique answer.
Robert B. Parker quotes: My older son who is, I think, here tonight, is forty-one years old. Which is odd because so am I. My older son who is, I think, here tonight, is forty-one years old. Which is odd because so am I.
Robert B. Parker quotes: And so forth and so on. And so forth and so on.
Robert B. Parker quotes: Luck is the residue of design," I said. Luck is the residue of design," I said.

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