Fearless Fourteen Quotes

“The elevator doors opened, and Ranger stepped out and spied Tank stretched out on the carpet.

"Fainted," I said.

Ranger walked to Tank and stood hands on hips, staring down at him. "Tank doesn't faint. I've been in firefights with him. He's a rock."

"Well, the rock fainted.”
― Janet Evanovich, Fearless Fourteen

“I looked over at him. "Is that a proposal?"

There was total silence for a couple beats. "I'm not sure. It just popped out."

"Let me know when you're sure."

"Would you say yes?" Morelli asked.

"I'm not sure.”
― Janet Evanovich, Fearless Fourteen

“Babe,' Ranger said. 'Do something with her.'

And he disconnected.

I called Ranger back. 'No,' I said. 'And I need information on Jelly Kantner. His apartment got blown up, and I need to find him.'

And I should do this why?'

Because you like me.'

There was a full beat of silence. 'I do,' Ranger said. 'I like you a lot. Sometimes I'm not sure why. Give me a couple minutes.”
― Janet Evanovich, Fearless Fourteen

“The golden years are for pussies. We went straight to brass.”
― Janet Evanovich, Fearless Fourteen

“I went to the door, and Gary tried hard not to notice I was blue. He looked at his feet, and he looked above my head, and he cleared his throat.

It's okay,' I said. 'I know I'm blue.'

It caught me by surprise,' he said. 'I didn't want to seem rude.”
― Janet Evanovich, Fearless Fourteen

“Has it ever occurred to you that you might be delusional?'

That's what the psychiatrist said, but I think he's wrong. There's an evil flying pizza out there, and it's got Brenda's name on it.”
― Janet Evanovich, Fearless Fourteen

“You fainted," I told Tank.

"I did not," Tank said. "That's a lie.”
― Janet Evanovich, Fearless Fourteen

“If anything happened to you, I'd be so destroyed they'd have to strap me to a bed and feed me through a tube. After five or six years, I might be capable of taking care of Rex. In the interim, you should assign a guardian.”
― Janet Evanovich, Fearless Fourteen

“Morelli smiled. "It could have been Jenny Ragucci. That makes much more sense. I had good luck with sluts."
I looked over at him.
All in the past," Morelli said. "I'm a cupcake man now."
Whoa, dude," Mooner said. "That's so, like, cosmic.”
― Janet Evanovich, Fearless Fourteen

“Turns out, that's how it is with weddings. You just keep getting in deeper and deeper until you want to throw up.”
― Janet Evanovich, Fearless Fourteen

“You should snap me up,” Morelli said. “Not many men would marry you after meeting your grandmother. You’re lucky to have me.”
― Janet Evanovich, Fearless Fourteen

“Morelli opened a kitchen drawer, removed a gun, and stepped to the cellar door. “Wait,” I said, “maybe we should call the police.” “Cupcake, I am the police.”
― Janet Evanovich, Fearless Fourteen

“You would let nine million dollars sit under this concrete?'
'Yeah.' He toed the concrete. 'I like my floor. The guys did a good job on it. It's nice and smooth.'
'If we got married and you died, I'd have this floor up before your body got cold.'
'As long as you don't slit my throat while I'm sleeping.' He looked down at me. 'You wouldn't, would you?'
'Not for money.”
― Janet Evanovich, Fearless Fourteen

“Zook peeked into the living room. “This house has high speed Internet, right?” “Sure, we got cable,” Grandma said. “We’re not in the Stone Age here. I blog and everything.”
― Janet Evanovich, Fearless Fourteen

“So it was okay with Tank that you bought the ring?” “Tank got a real important job,” Lula said. “He don’t necessarily have time to go shopping for shit like this.” “Does he know he’s engaged?” “Of course he knows,” Lula said.”
― Janet Evanovich, Fearless Fourteen

“I thought you were trying to lose weight.” “Yeah, but I don’t want to waste away to nothing. And anyway, everyone knows you don’t gain weight on Sunday. Sunday’s a free day.”
― Janet Evanovich, Fearless Fourteen

“I heard that,” Ruth said. “The golden years are for pussies. We went straight to brass.”
― Janet Evanovich, Fearless Fourteen

“Hunh,” Lula said. “You sure got a stick up your ass. When did you get so play-by-the-book?” “I’ve always been play-by-the-book. You’re the one who doesn’t play by the book.” “Well, I knew it was one of us.”
― Janet Evanovich, Fearless Fourteen