“After a while I got hungry and went to the kitchen. There was nothing to eat. I drank another beer and looked… — Robert B. Parker Copy Share Image
“Thank you sir," she said. "I hope that your friend feels better soon." I shrugged. "The ways of the Lord" I said,… — Robert B. Parker Copy Share Image
“...You have any suggestions, make them. I'm in charge but humble. No need to salute when you see me." Fraser said, "Mind… — Robert B. Parker Copy Share Image
“from Arlington Street and onto the bridge. He had his hands in his coat pockets. “You Spenser?” he said. “Yes.” — Robert B. Parker Copy Share Image
“Do you have a first name, Mr. Spenser'?” Jill said. She had a soft girlish voice with just a hint of huskiness… — Robert B. Parker Copy Share Image
Yeah. Floyd is his batman." His what?" Batman, like in the British army, each officer had a batman, a personal servant." You… — Robert B. Parker Copy Share Image
“How about the wrong crowd," I said. "You getting in with them?" "Not much luck," Paul said. "I'm trying like hell, but… — Robert B. Parker Copy Share Image
We split a bottle of Norman cider. Not everybody sells Norman cider by the bottle. "Has a European feel" Susan said. "That… — Robert B. Parker Copy Share Image
“I pulled the MG in beside him at the curb and he got in. "This thing ain't big enough for either one… — Robert B. Parker Copy Share Image
“I always loved it when I had a story to tell her, because her attention was complete and felt like sunlight.” — Robert B. Parker Copy Share
Writer's block? I've never heard of a plumber complain about plumber's block. — Robert B. Parker Copy Share
I had achieved the most important things in my life when I married Joan and had the sons. Given the choice between Joan and… — Robert B. Parker Copy Share
“Sandy’s face was very close to mine in the crowded room. She had a wide mouth and a lot of teeth. She had turned… — Robert B. Parker Copy Share
“And Quirk’s a captain now,” he said. “Captain Quirk?” The motorcycle cop grinned. “Captain Quirk,” he said.” — Robert B. Parker Copy Share
Both our opinions are rooted in our experience," I said. "Both of them are true, it's just that we've had different experiences. — Robert B. Parker Copy Share
“I think you’ve never quite altogether forgiven yourself for that woman in Los Angeles all that time ago.” “Candy Sloan,” I said. Susan nodded.… — Robert B. Parker Copy Share
If you want to write, write it. That's the first rule. And send it in, and send it in to someone who can publish… — Robert B. Parker Copy Share
“Susan had decided to sit by the pool at the hotel with a copy of a book by Alice Miller called The Drama of… — Robert B. Parker Copy Share
“called Evan Malone at the number Epstein had given me and got his wife, and made an appointment to come up to his place… — Robert B. Parker Copy Share
I have reached the point where I know that as long as I sit down to write, the ideas will come. What they will… — Robert B. Parker Copy Share
“Can you analyze our relationship in the light of Silvermanian pragmatism?” I said. “I love you because I find it compelling to be loved… — Robert B. Parker Copy Share
“Pearl eyed a man and woman walking by in funny hats. Her whole body stiffened with the desire to bark at them. Mine too.… — Robert B. Parker Copy Share
“I’m sleeping with a Harvard grad,” I said. “The Emory of the North,” Becker said.” — Robert B. Parker Copy Share
