There it was, Eve supposed. There was the answer to why people got tangled up with people. Because when you were down, when you were wallowing, someone you mattered to would ask if you were...

She was singed, bleeding, bruised, and furiously alive.

Lord, Give me the strength not to bitch slap this woman.

She, as no other ever could, reached every corner of his heart. His joy, and his salvation.

She didn’t want the medi-techs. She wanted a fucking candy bar. […] She reached down […] and chose a Galaxy bar […] “I’m going home.” “You didn’t pay for that,” Francois shouted after her. “Fuck...

Eve: “Keep your mind off sex”Roake: “Why? It’s so happy there.

She could and had faced an armed laser in the hands of a mad mutant mercenary with less fear than she faced such unswerving emotion…

Do you remember the first time we made love?” He touched his lips to hers as he said it. “We rode up in the elevator like this and couldn’t keep our hands off each other,...

You have to trust or you’re only living half a life.

Bite me.” -Lieutenant Eve Dallas, from any of the In Death books.

Eve: “She completely eye-fucked you.” Roarke: “I know. I feel so cheap and used.” Eve: “Shit. You got off on it. Men always do.” Roarke: “True enough, which is why we’re so often cheap and...

You’re almost as good as Peabody.”He stopped at the door, grabbed her up in a steaming kiss. “You can’t get that from Peabody.””I could if I wanted.” But it made her grin as he uncoded...

I got you a present.””Did you?””It’s a book of poetry–romancy stuff. I thought, ‘How schmaltzy is that,’ so it seemed like the thing. Then I screwed up and left it in my desk at work

You’ve got no sense of humor.””I’m going to laugh really hard after I kick your ass.

Three weeks hadn’t changed Cop Central. The coffee was still poisonous, the noise abominable, and the view out of her stingy window was still miserable.She was thrilled to be back.

Roarke: You’d enjoy flying more if you’d learn the controls.Eve: I’d rather pretend I’m on the ground.Roarke: And how many vehicles have you wrecked, had blown up, or destroyed in the last, oh, two years?Eve:...

Eve: “Where’s Mister Scary?”Roarke: “Summerset has the night off.”Eve: “You mean the house is Summerset-free? Damn shame we have to waste it with work.

I wasn’t going to have dessert, but it was right there, all gooey and sweet. It’s like sex. I mean, when it’s right there, what are you supposed to do? I wasn’t going to have...

Statues are too much like dolls, and dolls are creepy. You keep expecting them to blink. And the ones that smile, like this?” Eve kept her lips tight together and she curved them up. “You...

Do little pink fairies sing and dance in your world, Peabody?””Sometimes, when it’s very quiet and no one else can see.

Her killer wrote a note on that stationary.””A note.” Now Renquist’s eyebrows lifted. “Well. That was rather arrogant of him, wasn’t it?

From where I’m standing, you’re the best step I ever took.

The business of murder took time, patience, skill, and a tolerance for the monotonous.

You’re aunt’s just–what is it–down the hall. You know damn well this place isn’t soundproofed.””You’ll just have to be quiet.” He gave her ribs a deliberate tickle that made her jump and yelp. “Or not.””Didn’t...

Far be in from me to dictate how you should assuage your guilt. Do you have a lot of it?”She bit his good shoulder. “You’re about to find out.”She toppled them both off the bench...

I hate patience. Slows everything down.

Peabody, you never cease to amaze me.””One day I’ll tell you about my granny and her five lovers.” “Five lovers isn’t abnormal for a woman’s lifetime.” “Not in her lifetime; last month. All at the...

You’re the beat of my heart, the breath in my body, the light in my soul.

…but even strong women need an arm to lean on now and then. (Anna Whitney in Glory in Death)

Why do you always have to put you and McNab and sex in my head? It brings pain no blocker can cure.

In their eyes, Eve saw the wolf gleam. The story was the prey, ratings the trophy.

If you tell me I’m sensible in addition to normal and wise, I’m going to punch you in the stomach.

He’d wanted her. Out of all the women in the world, he’d wanted her. Wanted, hell, she thought grinning now. Pursued, demanded. Taken. And while she could admit all of that was exciting, he’d gone...

We’re standing here, beat to shit, walking away from a crime scene where either or both of us could have bought it, and you’re asking me to marry you?””Perfect timing.

Pull yourself together, Detective. You’re embarrassing yourself, and more imprtant, you’re embarrassing me.””They’re going to do it outside. In public.””So the fuck what?””Public,” Peabody said, head still between her knees.”You’re being honored by this department...

He stepped to her again, laid his lips on her brow. “But I want children with you, my lovely Eve. One day.””One day being far, far in the future. Like, I don’t know, say a...

Well…yeah. It just goes to show. (Peabody)Show what (Dallas)You should get dressed up, go dancing, drink grown-up cocktails, and have sex as much as you can before you’re dead. (Peabody)

Christ Jesus Eve, I love you.”–Eve, Roarke

The Bible, darling. The Lord of all plays.

You know, lieutenant, you wear your weapon the way other women wear pearls.””It’s not a fashion accessory.

Eve engaged her On Duty sign and stepped out of the car. Immediately her ears were assaulted with a blast of music. Christmas carols pumped, full blast, into the air. She decided that people ran...

I want to keep you, till the end of days.

I knoooow. I find that really attractive in a woman.

No. No, I don’t believe you’d betray me with her. I don’t believe you’d cheat on me. But I’m afraid, and I’m sick in my heart that you might look at her, then at me....

What other thing, Eve?””I love you. Sometimes it makes my stomach hurt, but I kind of like it. Tired now, come to bed. Love you.

God is dead and I am his replacement.

… If you tried to touch my woman she’d break your dick off like a twig then stick it up your arse.

Business crises energize me. Personal crises devastate me. The doctors call it an avoidance tendency. (Mirena to Eve)

Listen carefully. I’d crush you like a bug for causing my wife one single moment of pain. Believe it. Fear it.

I want you to take note, Commander, that turning in my badge would be like cutting off my arm. But if it comes down to a choice between the job and my marriage, then I...