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“Life sucks sometimes. Find the thing that brings you joy and wear it proudly like a pair of ridiculous Pink Glasses. Laugh at everything - even at funerals (within reason), and if the mood strikes you, don't be afraid to burst into song now and again. Be weird, and above all, resist the urge to let others define you...don't do them the honor.”
― Randy Rainbow, Playing with Myself

“Life is a journey that's measured not in miles or years but in experiences, and the route your life takes is built not of roads but of songs.”
― Jimmy Buffett, A Pirate Looks at Fifty

“That’s the thing about death—even when you think someone is gone, glimpses of them remain in those they loved and left behind.”
― Chanel Cleeton, Next Year in Havana

“Hey there! You have reached the voice mailbox of GW Fletcher. If you've got something nice to say, wait for the tone. If you don't, do us both a favor and hang up now, asshole. Ha! Just kidding, Mom! You can go ahead and leave a message, too.”
― Steve Hockensmith, Fool Me Once

“My mind is like a bad neighborhood. Honey, you do not want to go up there alone.”
― Leslie Jordan, How Y'all Doing?: Misadventures and Mischief from a Life Well Lived

“I know the M-word makes you nervous, but yeah. I'm talking about the big, permanent friendship. A little different from what Joe and Charles had, though. See, I want to be the kind of best friends who make love every night, who share all their darkest secrets and favorite jokes, and maybe even someday make babies together. I know that kind of friendship requires hard work, but you know, I'm pretty good at hard work.

~ Tom Paoletti, "The Unsung Hero”
― Suzanne Brockmann

“It takes courage to take chances, to tolerate differences, to understand them, to abandon assumptions and be ready to be surprised by anything that happens around us.”
― Simona Grossi, Looking for Clara

“You never know what’s to come. That’s the beauty of life. If everything happened the way we wished, the way we planned, we’d miss out on the best parts, the unexpected pleasures.”
― Chanel Cleeton, Next Year in Havana

“It’s always fear that makes one speak out against progress, the future, change.”
― Ellie Midwood, Metropolis

“Religion was by and large constructed by men, and I had yet to find a man who was logical. Deconstructing religious rules would definitely be a journey into madness.”
― Jana Deleon, Louisiana Longshot

“Eve bit into some bacon -- honestly, good sex, a hot shower, then bacon? Did a morning get any better?”
― J.D. Robb, Festive in Death

“At my age, one realizes that time is a cruel and fickle master, for the more you want it, the faster it appears to vanish, and vice versa: the more you want to escape it, the more stagnant it becomes. We are its slaves—or its puppets, if you prefer—and it moves or paralyzes us at its whim.”
― Sofía Segovia, The Murmur of Bees

“If I’m going to have regrets in this life, I’d rather them be for the chances I took and not the opportunities I let slip away.”
― Chanel Cleeton, When We Left Cuba

“She's wacko. I should have known she was wacko from the beginning. She had a thing about spies. Was always watching those stupid Bond movies. I'd be banging her from behind, and she'd be watching James Bond on the television. Can you believe it?"

~(Written during Pierce Brosnan's 007 days so, yeah, I CAN believe it!) "Four To Score”
― Janet Evanovich

“Look at that butt! That's a Bond butt. Don't tell me you haven't noticed? You have to have a great butt to be Bond." She looked incredulous. "And you call yourself a Bond aficionado!"

"James has sensitive eyes," I said. "Think Pierce Brosnan. That's what gets the ladies." And me.

~ (And me, too!) "Spy Candy”
― Gina Robinson

“He answered on the second ring. 'Remington Steele, at your service.'

'Remington Steele? You've got to be kidding.'

'Is it too on the nose?'

'I thought you were James Bond today.'

'I'm trying to keep things interesting.'

~ The Job”
― Janet Evanovich and Lee Goldberg

“Rook gave Heat and Ochoa each a bottle of water, and both chugged. 'While you were in there, I went in the pet shop and got everyone out. Ever see Pee-wee's Big Adventure? I was this close to running out with two handfuls of snakes.”
― Richard Castle, Deadly Heat

“So sorry for your loss," Grandma said to Monica. "My condolences."

"Yeah, whatever," Monica said.

Grandma leaned into the casket for a close look.

"What are you gonna do, kiss him?" Monica asked.

"I was trying to see where they cut him up when they took his brain out," Grandma said.

Monica sucked in some fake smoke. "You'd have to unzip his pants for that one.”
― Janet Evanovich, Tricky Twenty-Two

“Death doesn't matter. We will always remain what we were to one another.”
― Nina George, The Little Paris Bookshop

“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.”
― H. Jackson Brown Jr., P.S. I Love You

“It's how we survive the hurt in life that brings us strength and gives us beauty.”
― Beth Hoffman, Saving CeeCee Honeycutt

“Life is a journey, and no matter where we wander, the path we make is home.”
― Leila Howland

“We’re all a collection of our stories, chérie. Our joys and sorrows. Our loves and losses. That is who we are, a tally of all our agonies and ecstasies.”
― Barbara Davis

“An inquisitive and confident mind is what makes the world evolve. If people didn’t question why things are done, the world would never be forced to improve.”
― Danielle Stewart, Flowers in the Snow

“Society is a funny thing. The rules are arbitrary and designed to maintain control of the masses.”
― Douglas Pratt, Diamond Reef

“I'm driving to Brooklyn!" Because Eve was slightly in front of her, Peabody risked a butt wiggle.

"I saw that."

"You couldn't have seen that. Only moms have the metaphorical eyes in the back of their heads."

"Moms are just cops with kids.”
― J.D. Robb, Abandoned in Death

“That’s what dreams are for, right? To provide hope for the future, but also to be fought for. Otherwise they remain unfulfilled—and so do we."

"This Book Belongs To”
― Nick Levy

“It always feels better when someone understands that you’re standing in a shit storm holding a broken umbrella.”
― Jana Deleon, Soldiers of Fortune

“We're the creators, directors, and stars of our own movies, so you better hurry the hell up and write yourself a damn juicy script because you can't return your tickets when those closing credits start rolling!”
― Randy Rainbow, Playing with Myself

“She closed her eyes a moment, tried her meditation mantra -- F*ck this, f*ck this, f*ck this -- to clear her mind.”
― J.D. Robb, Encore in Death