“When strangers on a train or a plane ask what I do for a living, I say, "I kill people." This response makes for a short conversation. No eye contact and no sudden movement from my seat-mate. Only peace and… — Carol O'Connell Copy Share Image
“Unable to reach back to her book bag, she was reduced to reading the advertising cards above the heads of other passengers. One sign said ‘Kiss warts and bunions goodbye.’ Another ad was for Right to Life proponents. If you… — Carol O'Connell Copy Share Image
“Today, in jeans and a sweatshirt, she was dressed in solid gray right down to her boots, and he wondered if this was Loman's… — Carol O'Connell Copy Share Image
“Toothbrushes kept company with cellophane-packaged voodoo dolls and all the other little things that tourists might have forgotten to bring with them. Charles” — Carol O'Connell Copy Share Image
“And so he suspected the mayor of easing the budget crunch for sheltering the poor by giving them one-way bus tickets to warmer climates.… — Carol O'Connell Copy Share Image
“You know it’s a dysfunctional family,” said Riker, “when the one you like the best is a mass murderer.” — Carol O'Connell Copy Share Image
“He could hear noises of a pet inside the apartment, one too small to bark like a real dog.” — Carol O'Connell Copy Share Image
“Jack Coffey shrugged, and this was akin to waving a white flag of surrender. Sometimes losing was a good idea. Failure could be so… — Carol O'Connell Copy Share Image
“When strangers on a train or a plane ask what I do for a living, I say, "I kill people." This response makes for… — Carol O'Connell Copy Share Image
“When she got off at 117th Street, the subway’s morning ammonia smell was beginning to accumulate more legitimate odors of authentic urine as she… — Carol O'Connell Copy Share Image
“On the way home from school, we stop off for a slice of pizza -- Phoebe's treat. She says there's an upside to what… — Carol O'Connell Copy Share Image
“Unable to reach back to her book bag, she was reduced to reading the advertising cards above the heads of other passengers. One sign… — Carol O'Connell Copy Share Image
“After my first book was published, I received an envelope full of religious material from a fan who wanted to save my soul. That’s… — Carol O'Connell Copy Share Image
