If Books Could Kill Quotes

“If my life were a book, I would have masking tape holding my hinges together. My pages would be loose, my edges tattered and my boards exposed, the front flyleaf torn and the leather mottled and moth-eaten. I'd have to take myself apart and put myself back together, as any good book restoration expert would do.”
― Kate Carlisle, If Books Could Kill

“Derek,” I said after a moment, “have you ever noticed that women can be really stupid?” He put his arm around my shoulders. “And yet, they’re generally smarter than men.” “That’s a sad, sad statement.”
― Kate Carlisle, If Books Could Kill

“Either that,” she continued as if I hadn’t said a word, “or we take advantage of the two-for-one irrigation special at the green spa. My treat!” She turned to Derek and confided, “I always say, an impacted colon is one bummed-out pooper shooter.” Then she turned back to me. “Whaddaya say, hmm?”
― Kate Carlisle, If Books Could Kill

“He pressed his forehead against mine, stared soulfully into my eyes, and smiled. I smiled back and was about to drag him inside my room, when his smile turned to a grin and he chuckled. Then he guffawed, and seconds later he was leaning against the wall, holding his stomach, laughing and begging for mercy.
So much for the famous unruffled calm of the British secret agent.”
― Kate Carlisle, If Books Could Kill