“I've been spending a lot of time out of here," Harry said. Thank God I don't have a date tonight. This would not be in easy smell to explain.”

“What about the check?" Suze said. "Pay it," he called back. "This is your party.""I don't like him," Suze said to Margie.Margie slid out of the booth. "Think of him as a growth experience.""Oh, good, I've been wanting one of those," Suze said and tossed a twenty on the table. It was too much, but she was in a hurry to steal a dog.”

“Say, ‘Thank you, Phin.’ ”“Oh, please.”“Say, Thank youvery much, Phin. ”“I don’t think so.”“Say, ‘You are a great lover, Phin.’ ”“I’m out of here.”

“Exciting wasn't turning out obe as easy as she'd thought it would be, but it was definitely worth pursuing.”

“King scratched at the door to be let out."Charlie snorted. "King obviously has a lot of stamina. I'd have been clawingat the door a lot sooner if I was trapped in a booth with Mark.""But Mark ignored him, so King... uh, pooped."Charlie grinned. "And then?""Mark yelled at him and scared him." Harry fought back a grin. "So Kingpooped again."Charlie's grin widened. "Mark is an idiot.""So then Mark waved the script at him, and King—""Pooped again." Charlie started to laugh."Then Marcia came in and threw a fit because of all the poop in the booth and because Mark was mistreating a puppy. She gave him ten minutes to get the booth clean, and she took the dog away from him.”

“I suppose you had to," Wes said when Phin went back to join him at the table."Pretty much. She seduced me.""Yeah, right," Wes said. "She said, 'Please fix the kitchen drain,' and you interpreted that--""She said, 'Fuck me.' " Phin put two balls on the table and picked up his cue. "I interpreted that to mean she wanted sex.""Oh." Wes picked up his cue. "That would have been my call, too." He squinted at the table. "Why would she have said that?""On a guess? Because she wanted sex.”

“Look, I'm not ready for you," Min said. "I'm not prepared. I don't have any defenses when you're around. I make these plans and I mean it, I really do, and then I kiss you because I'm crazy about you which would be fine if I didn't fall in love with you but there that is, just standing there, and you know it, you know you've got me.”