Framed in Death (In Death, #61)

by J.D. Robb

There were some, she thought, no matter what they came from, who worked to make themselves better.

To all who dwell here, may today’s joy be a drop in a cup that runs full.”

“Whether you’re a hobbyist, a professional, whether you create to live or live to create, what you create has to be yours, you see. Or you’re nothing. You have to own it, or you create nothing.”

“Two people look at a work of art. One thinks: I don’t get it, or that’s crap. The other sees something that lifts them, that inspires or engages or simply speaks to them. Both are true, and the artist owns both.”

You can respect somebody without loving them, but if you don’t respect somebody you love, it’s never going to hold up.”

“I don’t know what the hell you plan to pull out of your sleeve, out of your hat, or out of your ass, Dallas, but it better be good.”