Babysitting Quote by Erin McCarthy

“I had nothing better to do, had I, except recount my money and repaint my finger-nails and die of frustration?”

— Elaine Dundy

“Waiting for her answer was like pulling out my fingernails one by one.”

— Jamie McGuire

“Burger.” Soup scrapes a patty off the grate for me and deposits it onto the open bun. “Extra juicy just for you.” “Thanks.” “Eat…

— Jessica Martinez

“Mama Ginger came calling, to set the alarm on my biological clock. Oh, and to remind me that there’s no point to me being…

— Molly Harper

“She'd started handcuffed, armed with a paper clip. Now she had a ten-inch strip of metal with sharp edges, handcuffs, and a paper clip.…

— Rachel Caine

“She told me, years later, that it was the lack of adult interaction that was really driving her nuts. All those hours with nursery…

— Catherine McKenzie

“Did you know that if Barbie was a real woman with those proportions, she'd have to carry her kidneys in her purse?”

— Lani Diane Rich

“Haven't I been worth five years' excellent gossip to you? Are you not all waiting agog to see me seize my sister-in-law by the…

— Dorothy Dunnett

“How dare anyone—how dare he—question his value? He was everything she could ever want in a man.”

— Skye Warren

“Gwen stopped putting her money in the bag. "You're giving your father a picture of a door for his birthday?" And she'd thought Mitch…

— Shelly Laurenston

“Tory was starting to feel a little foolish standing here with her hands in the air. It was like the whole bar had assembled…

— Kathleen Gilles Seidel

“Truly, Mallow yearned to know everything. Curiosity was part of her, like her short blond hair and bitten fingernails.”

— Catherynne M. Valente