Valediction Quotes

“The thing I like about Irish whiskey is that the more you drink the smoother it goes down. Of course that's probably true of antifreeze as well, but illusion is nearly all we have.”
― Robert B. Parker, Valediction

“Even in her cap and gown Susan looked like a sunrise, extravagant and full of promise. Wherever she went things seemed, as they always did, to organize around her.”
― Robert B. Parker, Valediction

“It was 10:45. Across the continent Susan would be putting on her makeup now, and spraying some perfume on herself and making sure her hair was perfect. I looked at my reflection in the window. My hair wasn’t perfect. Neither was I.”
― Robert B. Parker, Valediction

“She wore a lot of makeup, badly applied. There was lipstick on her teeth. If she’d been a dancer, it must have been in Fantasia.”
― Robert B. Parker, Valediction

“And I’ve met a very wonderful woman,” I said.

“They’re all wonderful,” Haller said.
“Well, many of them,” I said.
“I love them,” Haller said. “The way they talk, how they smell, the way they touch their hair, everything.”
“I know,” I said.”
― Robert B. Parker, Valediction

“How can a man with your heritage not be able to tap-dance.” I heard Hawk’s gliding chuckle. “My ancestors busy eating missionaries, boy.”
― Robert B. Parker, Valediction

“Susan was on the West Coast with a guy friend. That was the bad news. The”
― Robert B. Parker, Valediction

“The thing I like about Irish whiskey is that the more you drink the smoother it goes down. Of course that’s probably true of antifreeze as well, but illusion is nearly all we have.”
― Robert B. Parker, Valediction