153 quotes found
Author · American · 1950
American author (born 1950)
“He stepped to her again, laid his lips on her brow. "But I want children with you, my lovely Eve. One day.""One day being far, far in the future. Like, I don't know, say a decade when...Hold on. Ch...”
“Maybe I just didnt want it to be Benny because he really loves her, and if I was wrong about that, itd be depressing. Who wants to be depressed?Poets, Eve decided. You have to think they must.Okay,...”
“Lord, Give me the strength not to bitch slap this woman.”
“That's science fiction shit," "It's only fiction until science catches up.”
“And what the hell does that even mean? Why would you serve food for thoughgs, and what kind of food? If you serve spinach, do you get healthy thoughts? If it's ice cream and candy, it is fun though...”
“You have to trust or you're only living half a life.”
“Eve talking to someone on her computer and having trouble with the language translator....."I have two like crimes. Your data and your input on Leclerk would be very helpful"Marie pursed her lips a...”
“Three weeks hadn't changed Cop Central. The coffee was still poisonous, the noise abominable, and the view out of her stingy window was still miserable.She was thrilled to be back.”
“Roarke didn't quite make it to Eve's office. He found her down the corridor, in front of one of the vending machines. She and the machine appeared to be in the middle of a vicious argument."I put t...”
“Minute by minute, then hour by hour, then day by day. Work is solace," he said, "friends are comfort. Life is for the living. You and I know that, even though we spend so much time with the dead - ...”
“What other thing, Eve?""I love you. Sometimes it makes my stomach hurt, but I kind of like it. Tired now, come to bed. Love you.”
“He'd wanted her. Out of all the women in the world, he'd wanted her. Wanted, hell, she thought grinning now. Pursued, demanded. Taken. And while she could admit all of that was exciting, he'd gone ...”
“Her killer wrote a note on that stationary.""A note." Now Renquist's eyebrows lifted. "Well. That was rather arrogant of him, wasn't it?”
“The security officer smiled and said, Good afternoon, maam, to me before Igave him ID.Its a sick world, Eve. He resisted taking her hand for another squeeze. A sick,sad world.”
“An eye for an eye.That's a revenge thing, right? From some play.The Bible, darling. The Lord of all plays.”
“I want to keep you, till the end of days.”
“She didn't want the medi-techs. She wanted a fucking a candy bar.”
“Eve: "She completely eye-fucked you." Roarke: "I know. I feel so cheap and used." Eve: "Shit. You got off on it. Men always do." Roarke: "True enough, which is why we're so often cheap and used.”
“Eve: "Where's Mister Scary?"Roarke: "Summerset has the night off."Eve: "You mean the house is Summerset-free? Damn shame we have to waste it with work.”
“Peabody, you never cease to amaze me.""One day I'll tell you about my granny and her five lovers." "Five lovers isn't abnormal for a woman's lifetime." "Not in her lifetime; last month. All at the ...”
