Crimson Joy Quotes

“Because I love you,” I said. “Because you are in my life like the music at the edge of silence.”
― Robert B. Parker, Crimson Joy

“The thing about monsters is, you want to kill them until you meet them, and when you meet them they don’t seem monstrous, and killing them begins to seem unkind.”
― Robert B. Parker, Crimson Joy

“a loss.”
― Robert B. Parker, Crimson Joy

“All the received truths of popular culture presume that successful love is rooted in shared interests. Dating services computerize preference, hobbies, vacations, and such so that they can match like with like.”
― Robert B. Parker, Crimson Joy

“You wanted me to insist. You wanted me to win the argument.”
“Wanted is too simple,” Susan said. She had shifted her gaze from her martini to the ongoing afternoon outside her kitchen window.
“I wanted and didn’t want. I needed both my autonomy and your protection. By acting the way I did, I managed to have both.”
― Robert B. Parker, Crimson Joy

“You and Galileo,” I said.
“Didn’t he throw his balls off the leaning tower?” Quirk Said.”
― Robert B. Parker, Crimson Joy

“Quirk was still staring out the window. “I’m trying to keep hold of this thing,” he said. “The guy isn’t going to stop and”
― Robert B. Parker, Crimson Joy