The Burglar Quotes

“They sent her to the fourteenth floor, which Elle knew was always the thirteenth mislabeled for the people whose idea of the borderline between reality and nonsense was flexible.”
― Thomas Perry, The Burglar

“Alcohol makes you less inhibited.’ I said, ‘I’m not inhibited, I just don’t like you enough to want to do anything with you.’ I guess alcohol makes you more honest too.”
― Thomas Perry, The Burglar

“There was esoteric knowledge to being a burglar—broad areas that took some thought and skill. There was choosing the house, entering the house, and finding the items that were worth taking. Elle Stowell was good at all three.”
― Thomas Perry, The Burglar