“We mothers have to be part sleuth, I realized.”
“You have to find a mother inside yourself. We all do. Even if we already have a mother, we still have to find this part of ourselves inside”
“...we mothers lose a lot of sleep, I realized.”
“Good sleuthing takes practice,...“So does sex,” came another back-of-the-room comment. We all bit back laughter while Coach pointed a warning finger at the offender.“That won’t be part of tonight’s homework.”
“I'd have liked to have you for a sweetheart, or a wife, or my mother or my sister--anything a woman can be to a man. The idea of you is part of my mind; you influence my likes and dislikes, all my tastes, hundreds of times when I don't realize it. You really are a part of me.”
“Danger is the snack food of a true sleuth.”