“Messy, isn't it?”

“It was not an outhouse resting upon the imagination. It was reality.”

“Someday Time will die, and Love will bury it”

“The only thing he likes better than a nice juicy homicide is a sirloin steak smothered with onions.”

“Somebody should have taken him to a stationary store and pointed out the difference between an envelope and a whore.”

“She wore a loose bathrobe that covered up a body that would have won first prize in a beauty contest for cement blocks.....She had a voice that made pearl harbour sound like a lullaby.”

“He looked as if he'd got a lot of pleasure out of going ten rounds with your grandmother and making sure she went the whole distance.”