Money costs too much. - Ross Macdonald

There are certain families whose members should all live in different towns — different states, if possible — and write each other letters once a year.

Deep feeling sounded in her voice. I had no doubt that the feeling was partly sincere. Still, there was something unreal about it. I suspected that she'd been playing tricks with her emotions for a long time, until none of them was quite valid.

An ugly woman with a gun is a terrible thing.