The Instant Enemy Quotes

“The past was filling the room like a tide of whispers.”
― Ross Macdonald, The Instant Enemy

“There was some kind of passion between them. It gave off a faint wrong smoky odor, like something burning where it shouldn’t be, arson committed by children playing with matches. I”
― Ross Macdonald, The Instant Enemy

“There is a kind of economy in life. You don’t spend more than you have, or say more than you know, or throw your weight around more than necessary.”
― Ross Macdonald, The Instant Enemy

“Prince looked ready to slug me. I almost wished he would. Like most Americans, I was a counter-puncher.”
― Ross Macdonald, The Instant Enemy