“I figured anything Maxine Rothaus called rough was, in fact, vicious and lawless and inclined to eat its own young.”
“I figured Maxine probably had bathroom trips preplanned and efficiently choreographed.”
“I guessed my mother figured if my father got right down to the task of eating he wouldn’t be so inclined to jump up and strangle my grandmother.”
“Love to faults is always blind, always is to joy inclined. Lawless, winged, and unconfined, and breaks all chains from every mind.”
“You can call me Agent Mickelson,' he told me with a smile. 'What about you? Is Max short for something? Maxine?''No, Dean. It's just Max.”
“It was flawless. It was, in fact, so flawless that it didn't call attention to its own flawlessness. It was perfect.”