Opal Fire Quotes

“They asked me what I wanted to get out of this experience and I said me.”
― Barbra Annino, Opal Fire

“Monique, I realize that it's a short list of men in this town you haven't tied up, held down or sent to the free clinic, but why don't you just leave Leo alone. At least until he can update his vaccinations.”
― Barbra Annino, Opal Fire

“That is the casualty of life in a small town. People scoop into your business, then hand out cones to anyone who asks for a lick.”
― Barbra Annino, Opal Fire

“I drank in the scene around me. Some people were directing traffic, some were throwing buckets full of water on the flames (the whole bucket too, not just the contents), some were snapping photos and one guy, I recognized as a regular of the Black Opal, Scully, was clutching a stool and crying.

It was like the bleacher seats at a Cubs game when the beer gets cut off...”
― Barbra Annino, Opal Fire

“The snow was knee-deep, my leg hurt, and my sweats were soaked, but I was hopped up on painkillers and a huge dose of pissed off, so I didn’t care.”
― Barbra Annino, Opal Fire

“His voice was chipper. Cinnamon hated chipper. She wrapped Chipper up in duct tape, pounded nails into it and used it to beat the crap out of Perky.”
― Barbra Annino, Opal Fire

“But I’m not one to read a book backwards.”
― Barbra Annino, Opal Fire

“She must have been tired, because instead of jamming the whip down Monique’s throat, she stood up and, in a very even tone, said, “If you think you’ve seen me mad before, imagine what I could do to you when I’ve just lost everything.”
― Barbra Annino, Opal Fire

“spotted Thor hitched to a lamppost while Lolly worked a cape and fresh collar around his neck. He had the look of a man whose wife just sent him out to buy tampons.”
― Barbra Annino, Opal Fire

“His voice was chipper. Cinnamon hated chipper. She wrapped Chipper up in duct tape, pounded nails into it, and used it to beat the crap out of Perky.”
― Barbra Annino, Opal Fire