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

“Mind if I smoke,” she said. “Not at all,” I said. “Want to hear about how I quit in 1968 and haven’t had a puff since and don’t miss it?” “Only if you promise to explain in great and graphic detail to me how bad it is for my health and how my lungs must look. I always enjoy that.” She took some Tareyton 100’s out of her purse and stuck one into her mouth and lit it with a Cricket lighter and took a big drag and blew it out away from me.”
― Robert B. Parker, Valediction

“afternoon at a PG movie I had figured five rounds were enough. No such thing as too much money or too many bullets. Live and learn. I hope.”
― Robert B. Parker, Valediction

“How come you know this stuff,” I said. “Easy when it not happening to you,” he said. “It is not happening to a lot of people”
― Robert B. Parker, Valediction

“You better move on from there,” Hawk said. “See a shrink”
― 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”
― Robert B. Parker, Valediction

“I’m willing to listen if you want to talk about it,” Paul said. “Or I’m willing to shut up if you want to do that.” “Talking may be overrated,” I said. “Maybe,” Paul said. “But you’ll think about it. Whether or not you talk is just whether or not you share what you’re thinking.”
― 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