“She doesn't approve of either sentimentality or graveyard humor at crime scenes. She says they waste time that should be spent working on the damn case, but the implication is that coping strategies are for wimps.”
“Fear's useless. Either something bad happens or it doesn't: If it doesn't, you've wasted time being afraid, and if it does, you've wasted time that you could have spent sharpening your weapons.”
“If writing doesn't come from the heart, the time spent was a waste”
“Should she slam his head into the bar or toss her beer on him? Damn shame to waste good beer.”
“Later we can go to dinner.”“I suppose that might work,” she said.She sounded so damn casual, he thought. As if the decision she had just made weren’t staggering in its implications. As if it weren’t going to alter destinies and change the fate of nations.”
“and a day spent working for money is wasted while a day spent writing poetry is wasted but more honest.”