“Careful old-timer, your age is showing.”“Hey, I’m only thirty-two. I’m in my prime, woman!”She harrumphed. “Well, I’m a mere twenty-five and you’re way too old for me.”Jay’s eyes smoldered as he wh...”

“Let me rephrase. He took a seething step toward me. When it comes to you I dont like to share.”

“He put the knuckles of his fist to the table, leaned toward Niles and spoke quietly, cuttingly, in his rough, gravelly voice.Fucked her last night, man, and this morning. Five times. Five. It was l...”

“She nodded, grabbed her purse out of the drawer and skedaddled, walking like she was on a catwalk, one foot in front of the other, her ass swaying under the skirt of her expensive, tailored suit.Bi...”

“In Woolrich's crime fiction there is a gradual development from pulp to noir. The earlier a story, the more likely it stresses pulp elements: one-dimensional macho protagonists, preposterous method...”

“I FELL DEEP down in there, until this bright light raised me from sleep. Coming out of a pit such as that, you think the bright light could be God or a cop on patrol.”

“I'm concerned about the woman you're holding prisoner in there," Beckett said. "Knock three times if you're being held against your will." Phoebe gasped and answered, "I'm fine, too." "Good." Becke...”

“I want my world to start and end with you.”

“You know how you have a good meal and you got gravy left on the plate. The gravy was so good that you dont want to leave it on the plate but you dont want to be a pig about it? So you take your bre...”

“She rubbed her cheek on his chest like a sleepy cat. I like when you hold me.Dios, she was going to break his heart. I like when I hold you too.”