“How...how are you doing, Jace?' Holding on. Just barely. Charlie?' Charlie's tone is almost conversational. 'Kind of getting the urge to kill both of you. Think I'm gonna head back.' Sure, okay, no problem.' Yeah, yeah, good idea. You do… — D.D. Barant Copy Share Image
“You might think that's selfish of me - and maybe it is - but I am a trained psychologist. No matter how depressed someone… — D.D. Barant Copy Share
“I take one day off," he says, "and you almost get yourself killed." "Almost being the operative word." "Killed being the operative word. Almost… — D.D. Barant Copy Share
“How...how are you doing, Jace?' Holding on. Just barely. Charlie?' Charlie's tone is almost conversational. 'Kind of getting the urge to kill both of… — D.D. Barant Copy Share
“What happens if I try to run?” I ask as the doors close. (jace) “I’ll stop you.” (charlie) “You don’t look too quick.” (jace)… — D.D. Barant Copy Share
“Get down!" Azura yells. I have the bizarre urge to yell back, "Get funky!" but fortunately that part of my brain isn't in charge… — D.D. Barant Copy Share
“I talk better when I’m drinking coffee.” “Me, too. If by coffee you mean beer, and by better you mean louder.” — D.D. Barant Copy Share
“I look over at him. He stares straight ahead. "So," I say. "Golem, huh?" "I prefer the term 'Mineral-American.” — D.D. Barant Copy Share
“I stare at him. "Gee, don't feel like you have to sugarcoat it or anything." "Some people need a cold dose of reality to… — D.D. Barant Copy Share
“I've got a bad case of the 3:00 am guilts - you know, when you lie in bed awake and replay all those things… — D.D. Barant Copy Share
“I'm in position." Charlie's voice, coming through my earpiece. "Wish I could say the same. All the blood's rushing to my head." "Thrope stuff?"… — D.D. Barant Copy Share
“Paranoia is just the bastard child of fear and good sense." (Charlie) "Poor thing. Let's adopt it, give it a last name and raise… — D.D. Barant Copy Share
“I don't care if we're on our way to look at the dismembered corpse of the pope, I want coffee.” — D.D. Barant Copy Share
“We doing a traffic stop?" "Yeah. I have a reasonable suspicion that we're witnessing a violation of the law." "Which law?" "I'll decide later.” — D.D. Barant Copy Share
