Tricky Twenty-Two Quotes

“Ranger slung an arm around me and hugged me into him, and I could feel him laughing. “It’s not funny,” I said. “Babe, I haven’t got a lot of funny in my life. Let me enjoy the moment.”
― Janet Evanovich, Tricky Twenty-Two

“My mother was about three feet from Pooka. She threw herself forward, grabbed hold of his shirt, and they both went down to the ground. They rolled around a little and by the time I reached them, my mother was on top, punching Pooka in the face. “She’s beating the crap out of him,” Lula said. “Way to go, Mrs. P.”
― Janet Evanovich, Tricky Twenty-Two

“There’s a difference between having maturity and being mature. I’m not ready to be mature. I don’t want to see the AARP magazine in my mailbox.”
― Janet Evanovich, Tricky Twenty-Two

“My mother is a good Christian woman who would never refuse someone a seat at her table, but I knew this was a nightmare for her. With Lula and Grandma at the table together, it’s much more likely that my father will try to stab someone with his fork.”
― Janet Evanovich, Tricky Twenty-Two

“I’ve been under a lot of stress lately.” “You know what I do when I got stress?” Lula said. “I go shoe shopping.” “I knit,” Connie said. “Get out!” Lula said. “I never knew you knit stuff.” “I don’t knit stuff,” Connie said. “I just knit.”
― Janet Evanovich, Tricky Twenty-Two

“So sorry for your loss," Grandma said to Monica. "My condolences."

"Yeah, whatever," Monica said.

Grandma leaned into the casket for a close look.

"What are you gonna do, kiss him?" Monica asked.

"I was trying to see where they cut him up when they took his brain out," Grandma said.

Monica sucked in some fake smoke. "You'd have to unzip his pants for that one.”
― Janet Evanovich, Tricky Twenty-Two

“Ranger slung an arm around me and hugged me into him, and I could feel him laughing.”
― Janet Evanovich, Tricky Twenty-Two

“Have you ever thought about seeing a healthcare professional? I could find someone who would help you better understand the power of the amulet.'
'Healthcare is just another way of allowing employers and the government to control you. What's the first thing they do when you step into a doctor's office? They take your clothes. It's a power grab. A naked man has no power.'
Clearly he doesn't know Ranger.”
― Janet Evanovich, Tricky Twenty-Two

“after major-league criminals who couldn’t be caught through legal means. So Nick remained a major-league criminal himself, secretly working for the FBI, and Kate remained a top FBI field agent, secretly working with an international fugitive. And that’s why Kate was currently taking the curves on Sunset like it was the Talladega Superspeedway. She was hoping to catch Nick in his Sunset Strip penthouse. Technically, the penthouse wasn’t Nick’s. The IRS had seized it from a rapper who’d neglected to pay his taxes, and then the IRS had left it unoccupied pending sale. Nick had posed as the listing agent and quietly moved in. Thanks to rich tax cheats, Nick could always find a swanky place to stay that didn’t require him to show”
― Janet Evanovich, Tricky Twenty-Two

“You bet your ass. I take pride in my appearance.” She looked down and made a boob adjustment, hoisting the girls up a couple inches. “You never know when Mr. Good Enough is gonna come along. I like to be ready.”
― Janet Evanovich, Tricky Twenty-Two

“This was the second time in less than forty-eight hours that a man stopped fondling me because his phone rang. And both times it was because someone had been killed. If I wasn’t a well-adjusted, emotionally healthy person I might be bothered by this.”
― Janet Evanovich, Tricky Twenty-Two

“the room”
― Janet Evanovich, Tricky Twenty-Two

“pawing”
― Janet Evanovich, Tricky Twenty-Two

“When Becker wasn’t in any of the rooms we left.” “Did you follow Pooka around?” “As much as was possible,”
― Janet Evanovich, Tricky Twenty-Two

“Morelli had always seemed invincible to me. He waded through crap every day and it all washed off in the shower. Even as a kid he was constantly getting into trouble and landing on his feet. He broke his leg and he was fine. He was shot and he was fine. Never defeated. And now he was the victim of cramping and diarrhea and he wasn’t sounding good.”
― Janet Evanovich, Tricky Twenty-Two

“Lucky”
― Janet Evanovich, Tricky Twenty-Two

“finger”
― Janet Evanovich, Tricky Twenty-Two

“out I was going to crash the car into a telephone pole.”
― Janet Evanovich, Tricky Twenty-Two

“Porsche Cayenne. It was his personal fleet car. Very luxe but equipped with ankle restraints bolted onto the”
― Janet Evanovich, Tricky Twenty-Two

“You never know when Mr. Good Enough is gonna come along. I like to be ready.”
― Janet Evanovich, Tricky Twenty-Two

“I understand why you do your job,” my mother said to me. “There’s a sense of accomplishment when you take down someone bad. It’s like being a police officer or being in the Army or being a mother. You have a responsibility to protect and keep order, and you do whatever it takes to get that done.”
― Janet Evanovich, Tricky Twenty-Two

“Never underestimate maternal rage.”
― Janet Evanovich, Tricky Twenty-Two

“Grandma has some things in common with the Queen of England. They have the same hairstyle, they each carry their purse in the crook of their arm, and no one tells either of them what to do. Grandma”
― Janet Evanovich, Tricky Twenty-Two

“Damn skippy it’s a flea collar. I’m not taking no chances.”
― Janet Evanovich, Tricky Twenty-Two

“my knee,”
― Janet Evanovich, Tricky Twenty-Two

“Are you a feminist?” “You bet your ass,” Lula said. “Unless I need something done that’s man’s work.”
― Janet Evanovich, Tricky Twenty-Two

“Do you believe in God?” I asked Lula. “Fuckin’ A I believe in God. Don’t you believe in God?” “I believe in something. It’s vague.”
― Janet Evanovich, Tricky Twenty-Two

“I thought your mother liked me.” “My grandmother likes you. My mother worries that you might be related to Satan.”
― Janet Evanovich, Tricky Twenty-Two

“My grandmother likes you. My mother worries that you might be related to Satan.”
― Janet Evanovich, Tricky Twenty-Two