By a Spider's Thread Quotes

“She might not be as strong as everyone she met, or as fast, or even as smart. But she could bullshit with the best of them. Combine that with a license to carry, and a girl could more than get by in this life.”
― Laura Lippman, By a Spider's Thread

“Read The Ghost Writer and American Pastoral, then get back to me. What about your father?”
― Laura Lippman, By a Spider's Thread

“Still, the food is good.” Whenever Tess came to Attman’s, she wondered why she wasn’t there at least once a week. “Best deli in Baltimore, by my lights.”
― Laura Lippman, By a Spider's Thread

“Tess’s Uncle Donald winced when he entered the Kibbitz Room at Attman’s Delicatessen. The pained expression”
― Laura Lippman, By a Spider's Thread

“Where are you getting your material—Portnoy’s Complaint?” “What does an Irish lass named Monaghan know from Portnoy and afikomens? I imagine you reading James Joyce and drinking”
― Laura Lippman, By a Spider's Thread

“Cain—and the password, “Indemnity.” Given how rapidly management changed at the Beacon-Light, it was entirely plausible that this familiar”
― Laura Lippman, By a Spider's Thread

“and a Dr. Brown’s celery soda.”
― Laura Lippman, By a Spider's Thread