“Tinsley felt like a puppeteer playing with her marionettes, holding all the strings.”
“The jukebox changed to Elvis’s “Don’t Be Cruel,” and Tinsley smiled her patented Carmichael smile, the one that seemed to say, I’m holding all the cards, but be honored that I’ve let you play.”
“We're all puppets, Laurie. I'm just a puppet who can see the strings.”
“Life and death come and go like marionettes dancing on a table. Once the string is cut, they easily collapse.”
“If your treated like a puppet find a new ball of string”
“A puppet is free as long as he loves his strings.”