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Yann Martel
“Dare I say I miss him? I do. I miss him. I still see him in my dreams. They are nightmares mostly, but nightmares tinged with love.

I still cannot understand how he could abandon me so unceremoniously, without any sort of goodbye, without looking back even once. That pain is like an axe that chops at my heart.”
Yann Martel, Life of Pi

Yann Martel
“Life will defend itself no matter how small it is.”
Yann Martel, Life of Pi

“Listen, you might as well learn now that life鈥檚 nothin鈥� but a dirt sandwich and save yourself a lot of time.”
A.G. Russo, The Cases Nobody Wanted

“She鈥檚 a cop鈥檚 wife. She understands what her husband does for a living,鈥� the priest said.”
A.G. Russo, The Cases Nobody Wanted

Behcet Kaya
“Wadsworth opened the bottle and handed me the cork. What the heck? What do I do now? Take it? Smell it? Lick it? A slight trickle of sweat ran down the nape of my neck as he, Margeaux and Deloris stared at me.
鈥淯h, what am I supposed to do with it?鈥�
鈥淭ake a sniff, sir. Just to make sure.鈥�
鈥淥f course, of course.鈥�
Smelled just fine to me and I looked up at him with a big silly grin on my face as he poured a small amount of wine into my glass. I stared up at him.
鈥淎ren鈥檛 you going to fill my glass?鈥�
鈥淭ake a sip, sir. Just to make sure.鈥�
鈥淢ake sure of what?鈥�
鈥淭hat it is to your liking, sir.鈥�
It was all I could do from turning red-faced. But I took that sip and smiled again. He then poured the wine into our glasses, nestled the bottle in the silver wine chiller and left. At that point I burst out laughing and my sweet ladies joined me.”
Behcet Kaya, Appellate Judge

Isabeau Vollhardt
“I uncover hidden truths, I don鈥檛 pander to other鈥檚 notions of how the events of the world should come out.”
Isabeau Vollhardt, The Casebook of Elisha Grey

Isabeau Vollhardt
“Pahadron glanced around. 鈥淣o, dear,鈥� he leaned into the open window, "I鈥檓 simply telling you to keep away from my sources of revenue, or the payment I鈥檒l exact from the both of you will be more than you鈥檙e able to part with in comfort.鈥� His smile vanished, his dark eyes glittered, and his meaning was quite clear to me.”
Isabeau Vollhardt, The Casebook of Elisha Grey

“When I was a cop me and my partner saw plenty of his handiwork. Yeah, we pulled his handiwork out a the water by the docks, we saw it in the bloody alleys, we saw it in cars burnt up on the side of the roads鈥�”
A.G. Russo, Bangtails, Grifters, and a Liar's Kiss

Isabeau Vollhardt
“People absorbed in a task, especially when it aggrandizes them somehow, are numb to the world at hand.”
Isabeau Vollhardt, The Casebook of Elisha Grey

Isabeau Vollhardt
“Usually I鈥檓 asked to solve a case that鈥檚 definitely real. Your distress is genuine, however, so I鈥檒l see what I can find out, but I must warn you that I can鈥檛 be sure of success. A dream isn鈥檛 tangible evidence, after all.”
Isabeau Vollhardt, The Casebook of Elisha Grey

Isabeau Vollhardt
“Although Chief Nalte and the Pythoness Cardea had been discrete about the mishap, I could see by the nodding and murmuring ascending the amphitheatre, row by row, that news of the concern over the girls鈥� disappearance was spreading.”
Isabeau Vollhardt, The Casebook of Elisha Grey

“Father Jakob mentioned to her that military men took it personally when women at home were assaulted. They were away fighting for their country and they believed the men left behind had an obligation to take care of and protect the women on the homefront. Maeve knew from experience women mostly had to take care of themselves.”
A.G. Russo, Bangtails, Grifters, and a Liar's Kiss

“I鈥檝e been at this a long time. The good guys don鈥檛 always win. You take what you can get...”
A.G. Russo, Bangtails, Grifters, and a Liar's Kiss

Yann Martel
“I blinked deliberately, expecting my eyelids to act like lumberjacks. But the trees would not fall.”
Yann Martel, Life of Pi
tags: life, of, pi

Richard   Preston
“The Ludolphian number is fixed in eternity鈥� not a digit out of place, all characters in their proper order, an endless sentence written to the end of the world by the division of the circle鈥檚 diameter into its circumference.”
Richard Preston

Yann Martel
“To lose a brother is to lose someone with whom you can share the experience of growing old, who is supposed to bring you a sister-in-law and nieces and nephews, creatures to people the tree of your life and give it new branches.”
Yann Martel
tags: life, pi

B.J. Daniels
“Every woman wants a cowboy.”
B.J. Daniels, Rough Rider

Philip  Elliott
“It鈥檚 not like the movies. There are rarely gunshots or explosions, bad guys hunting you down. You follow a lead to where it takes you. Most times it takes you to a dead end and you have to return to the beginning and follow another. Usually, you have to follow dozens of leads before you get anywhere. But, sometimes, you get lucky, and every door you open leads you to another until, finally, you stumble upon the truth. It鈥檚 not about justice, you see, or money鈥擥od knows it鈥檚 not about money. It鈥檚 about bringing the truth to light. It鈥檚 not glamorous, but it makes the world a little more truthful a place. That鈥檚 enough for me.”
Philip Elliott, Porno Valley

Kwei Quartey
“When Ngozi opened her eyes, she had a split second of disorientation.
Where was this dazzling, airy room? Heaven? No, East
Legon in a beautiful bed with a beautiful man鈥攃lose enough.”
Kwei Quartey, Last Seen in Lapaz

“Euler鈥檚 Formula encapsulates the whole of existence. It contains 0, the number of the monad (ontological zero); the number e that determines exponentiation; the number i that determines the imaginary domain (time); the number 1 that determines the domain of counting numbers (and with 0 creates the binary system of computing), and real numbers (space); -1, the number of the negative domain (antimatter); and the number 蟺 that determines the world of the circle and geometry. Euler鈥檚 Formula is the unquestionable God Equation.”
Mike Hockney, The God Equation

Kwei Quartey
“The building looked even more spectacular to Ngozi than it had in Femi鈥檚 phone pic.聽
A pale cream rather than true white, it was two stories high with cappuccino trim and dark,聽
reflecting windows. A central balcony overlooked the driveway.
鈥淲ow,鈥� Ngozi murmured. 鈥淭he White House.”
Kwei Quartey, Last Seen in Lapaz

B.J. Daniels
“Hank Knight asked questions about Jesse Rose and an item that was taken from her crib the night she was kidnapped. His questions led our lawyer to believe Hank had knowledge about the crime and possibly where Jesse Rose is now. I think he got too close to the truth. Too close to the kidnapper's accomplice. And if I'm right then you can help me prove it.”
B.J. Daniels, Rough Rider

B.J. Daniels
“What will your family think, me showing up on their doorstep with my suitcase in hand?"
"I'll carry your suitcase," he said.”
B.J. Daniels, Rough Rider

Marie D. F. Cachet
“If we look at our traditional tales, where the action before the final success always occurs three times: the last of the three times is always a little longer because it includes success: life is somehow the famous 0.142592653589793 after three....These stories are a kind of mythical Pi, that we finally 'mathematified', quantified by numbers. That's why the number Pi was and is so important. It explains the inexplicable, life, eternity, infinity, and at the same time the cycle of rebirth.”
Marie Cachet

Terry Pratchett
“The diameter divides into the circumference, you know. It ought to be three times. You'd think so, wouldn't you? But does it? No. Three point one four one and lots of other figures. There's no end to the buggers. Do you know how pissed off that makes me?"
"I expect it makes you extremely pissed off," said Teppic politely.
"Right. It tells me that the Creator used the wrong kind of circles. It's not even a proper number! I mean, three point five, you could respect. Or three point three. That'd look *right*." He stared morosely at the pie.”
Terry Pratchett, Pyramids

Tara Moss
“And as for returning to work as a reporter鈥攕omething she鈥檇 given considerable thought to before taking over her father鈥檚 inquiry agency鈥攖he Sydney newspapers had dismissed most of their women reporters home once the men started to return from the war, or else confined them to the social pages, or covering the Easter Show, which was a bit too steep a downgrade for Billie after she鈥檇 chased Nazi activity across Europe, built a good portfolio of published articles, and worked alongside the likes of Lee Miller and Clare Hollingworth.

No, she wouldn鈥檛 last in that kind of work. It was an imperfect world, and her chosen profession was decidedly imperfect, but for now she had a hint of that spark again, that sense of doing something that mattered to someone.”
Tara Moss, The War Widow

B.J. Daniels
“Her gaze locked with his and she felt her heart quicken. Slowly, he bent his head until his lips were only a breath away from her own. She couldn't breathe. Didn't dare. She thought she would die if he didn't kiss her.”
B.J. Daniels, Rough Rider

Maria Dahvana Headley
“People make faces of a comfort army. In my head, I'm frantically pi.”
Maria Dahvana Headley, Magonia

“Learning many digits of pi carries with it certain severe dangers, and can do mental damage that takes a long time to heal. The mind knows perfectly well that learning digits of pi is not something to its benefit, and is likely to take severe retaliation against you once it works otu what you are doing . . . If you start to feel these effects, stop learning immediately.”
Antranig Basman
tags: pi

GLEN NESBITT
“鈥琒carecrow's鈥€� face鈥€� lit鈥€� up鈥€� as鈥€� he鈥€� took鈥€� the鈥€� diploma,鈥� his鈥€� eyes鈥€� shining鈥€� with鈥€� newfound鈥€� confidence.鈥€� "E鈥€�=
mc鈥€� squared.鈥€� Pi鈥€� is鈥€� an鈥€� irrational鈥€� number鈥€� representing鈥€� any鈥€� circle's鈥€� ratio鈥€� between鈥€� its鈥€� circumference鈥€� and鈥€� diameter.鈥� There鈥€� is鈥€� something鈥€� profoundly鈥€� immoral鈥€� and鈥� 鈥璾nsustainable鈥€� when鈥€� one鈥€� family鈥€� owns鈥€� more鈥€� wealth鈥€� than鈥� the鈥€� bottom鈥€� 130鈥€� million鈥€� Americans."鈥€� He鈥€� paused,鈥€� a鈥� contemplative beat. "Die Hard is a Christmas movie."鈥�”
GLEN NESBITT, We're Off

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