1. "Nuts don’t come in bunches. Only grapes do."
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John Sandford, Shock Wave
2. "The press conference was held in a courtroom at the new county courthouse, a space that did its best to translate justice into laminated wood."
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John Sandford, Shock Wave
3. "Detective Virgil and Barlow [bomb-technician] arranged to meet at the Starbucks. Virgil got a grande hot chocolate, no-fat milk, no foam, no whipped cream, and Barlow got a venti latte with an extra shot. As they took a corner table, Virgil said, Remind me not to stand next to you if you’re handling a bomb. That much caffeine, you gotta be shakin’ like a hundred-dollar belly dancer. At least I’m not drinking like a little girl, Barlow said."
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John Sandford, Shock Wave
4. "copy of an aerial photo from the engineering department."
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John Sandford, Shock Wave
5. "HADEN WAS WEARING SWEATPANTS and a T-shirt, with flip-flops, his hair wet from a shower, and Virgil said, I don’t want to hear about it. I’m so horny the light socket ain’t safe."
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John Sandford, Shock Wave
6. "again,"
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John Sandford, Shock Wave
7. "of anything, so he called Davenport and told him what was going on."
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John Sandford, Shock Wave
8. "Giordino...simply sighed in resignation. "Who else," he asked no one in particular, "but Dirk Pitt could tramp off into a blizzard on an uninhabited backwater island in the Antarctic and discover a beautiful girl?"
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Clive Cussler, Shock Wave