The Tenor Wore Tapshoes Quotes

“like Janet Reno shivering off horse-flies.”
― Mark Schweizer, The Tenor Wore Tapshoes

“Something was gnawing at my brain; gnawing like one of those tiny carpet beetles that crawls inside your ear when you're asleep and lays a hundred thousand eggs and when they hatch, you decide to become a TV Evangelist--it was like that, but with less bad singing.”
― Mark Schweizer, The Tenor Wore Tapshoes

“It was a voice that was familiar, but not too. I looked up and measured her like an undertaker at a nursing home. Her hair was short, her legs were long and the rest of her fell somewhere in between. It was the "in-between" I was interested in. "I'm Starrbuck. Starrbuck Espresso. But you can call me Starr. I brought you some coffee.”
― Mark Schweizer, The Tenor Wore Tapshoes

“Assam is a province.”
― Mark Schweizer, The Tenor Wore Tapshoes

“I don't have his number," said Marilyn as offhandedly as Captain Hook”
― Mark Schweizer, The Tenor Wore Tapshoes

“It was Alice. Alice Uberdeutchland.”
― Mark Schweizer, The Tenor Wore Tapshoes

“her hair--white in the moonlight--swirled about her head like a shimmering sea of mashed potatoes highlighted by streams of melted butter;”
― Mark Schweizer, The Tenor Wore Tapshoes