Josh Lanyon

You were the first in every way that counted.

— Josh Lanyon

“That's one of the oldest tricks in the world, Adrien-with-an-e.”

— Josh Lanyon

“She’s a doll, really.” “Mm. Bride of Chucky.”

— Josh Lanyon

“This is like dating . This is...weird.”

— Josh Lanyon

You're kind of a smart ass when you're not flat on your face.

— Josh Lanyon

“A wolf cannot outrun its shadow.”

— Josh Lanyon

Tiffs among the faggots were apparently the stuff of quiet merriment.

— Josh Lanyon

“What the hell were the odds of attracting two stalkers within a year? Was it my aftershave?”

— Josh Lanyon

Vintage books, old china, antiques; maybe I love old things so much because I feel impermanent myself.

— Josh Lanyon

“Well, well," he said. "This can't be a coincidence." "It could," I said. "The odds aren't high, but they do exist." "Uh-huh.”

— Josh Lanyon

Not as intolerable as being dead, in my opinion, but I'm very fond of me. I would miss me a lot.

— Josh Lanyon

“A lot of kids are shocked at the idea of people over thirty having sex." (Max)”

— Josh Lanyon

Hearts got broken every day. Nobody died from that. But it did kind of fade the sunlight and drain the color from…

— Josh Lanyon

“First of all, ideas aren’t the hard part. Secondly, there are no new ideas, only the author’s unique execution.”

— Josh Lanyon

The battle rages eternal, though the race, religion, gender or sexual orientation of those discriminated against changes regularly. Maybe man’s need for…

— Josh Lanyon

He went through the cupboards, found the olive oil, and started upstairs again. He glanced down at the green and gold label…

— Josh Lanyon

“I don’t recall you playing much tennis. As for the gymnastics…" His sexy growl of a laugh seemed to snag Elliot in…

— Josh Lanyon

“Do you really know what catalexis is?" "Not a clue. I heard you mention it once. It stuck in my memory because…

— Josh Lanyon

“Intimacy issues' is code for 'I haven't met the right person.'" "And what is 'trust issues' code for?" Pierce held his gaze.…

— Josh Lanyon

“Planning on staying?” “Just till you wise up.” “I’m flattered you think that’s a possibility.” “Yeah, well it’s lucky I’ve rolled a…

— Josh Lanyon

You know that thing about Death Be Not Proud? Well, Fear Be Not Proud either. And Fear Be Not Elegant. What Fear…

— Josh Lanyon

This is how God made me. You are how God made you. All God's chillun are made how God made 'em. You…

— Josh Lanyon

“I deliberately ignored the sight of lean brown body cutting through the aqua water, glistening powerful arms dipping slow and steady in…

— Josh Lanyon

What I like about cooking is that, so long as you follow the recipe exactly, everything always turns out perfect. It’s too…

— Josh Lanyon

“He was right. I knew the score. He’d never pretended it was other than it was--whatever the hell that was. I’d never…

— Josh Lanyon

“To calm himself he mentally recited Wilfred J.Funk's 1932 list of "most beautiful words." It was his mantra on restless nights like…

— Josh Lanyon

“So you're like a ... an amateur sleuth?" "God no. I'm more like the hapless guys in those film-noir flicks we used…

— Josh Lanyon

“Then I got another mental image of him, broad chest covered in blond pelt, muscular forearms, big smooth cock jutting out of…

— Josh Lanyon

'What about stress? Are you using your stress-management techniques when things seem to be getting on top of you?' 'Nothing is getting…

— Josh Lanyon

“Her back to me, she said, “I know what Paul thinks. Everyone thinks I didn’t love Porter, that I just married him…

— Josh Lanyon

“Why do you think they don’t like me? They hired me for God’s sake. It’s not like there was any mystery about…

— Josh Lanyon

“He wouldn’t spend another standing in the darkness, hot and sick and shaking inside with a confused mess of feelings that weren’t…

— Josh Lanyon

“There was always one person more devoted than the other in a relationship, right?”

— Josh Lanyon

“Wanda's sole interests are getting high and getting laid. I can't picture her wasting valuable stoner hours on murder.”

— Josh Lanyon

“One thing I'd learned the hard way: people loved you in the way they knew how - and often it was not…

— Josh Lanyon

He needed fresh air and sunshine. A walk in the woods and afterward a good book to read by the fire. Yeah,…

— Josh Lanyon

I thought again how odd it was to be on formal terms with someone you had once permitted to lick your ears.

— Josh Lanyon

To find them all in one package...well, perhaps better not to dwell on his package in my fragile state.

— Josh Lanyon

He was probably selfish in the sack. Probably selfish and greedy and...unsophisticated. And hung like a horse.

— Josh Lanyon

I think it was Mark Twain who said, “Get your facts straight, and then you can distort them as much as you…

— Josh Lanyon