Parker Quotes

“I was perfect... and then I wasn't.”
― Courtney Summers, Cracked Up to Be

“If you leave me here," the guy on the floor said, "he'll kill me tomorrow morning."
Parker looked at him. "So you've still got tonight," he said.”
― Richard Stark, Dirty Money

“Holy silicone suppository, Batman!” Ethan said, grinning. Dan snorted, Parker coughed to disguise a laugh, and I glared at them all. “What?” My brother shrugged defensively. “That’s what it looks like.”
― Rachel Vincent, Prey

“This was insane!

Yes, he was hot, but so was Nick. Yes, he was nice, but so was Nick. Yes, he sent shivers of anticipation through me. But so did Nick. Okay, so they weren't this strong. But they were
there.

Parker terrified me. Nick didn't.

Nick was safe, like a carousel.
Parker was the tallest, fastest, scariest thrill ride imaginable.”
― Rachel Hawthorne, Thrill Ride

“I know,” he said, very softly. “Let’s go home. Let’s go home, and you can tell me whatever you want, and I’ll believe you.”
― Ashlyn Kane, American Love Songs

“Feel the power of the Dark Side," he murmured.

"Always," Parker said.”
― Greg Cox, The Bestseller Job

“It is through your experience you find out who you really are and who you are is from finding your own experience who really defines you.”
― Charleston Parker, ONE Soul Many FACES - REVEALING THE HIDDEN TRUTH

“He's not dead, Parker." He clenched his jaw so hard she could see the muscles working in it.

"Are you just saying that to make me feel better?"

"No, I'm saying it to make myself feel better.”
― Matt Forbeck, The Con Job

“So many people, Julie thought, stuck in their cars, stuck in their lives, just waiting for someone else to get out of their way.”
― Sara Shepard, The Good Girls

“Quit Believing in Lies and Always Search For the Truth!”
― Charleston Parker, One Soul, Many Faces: Revealing the Hidden Truth

“It's not the past if it's still haunting your present.”
― Ellie Messe, Broken

“Parker didn’t so much melt against him as he tried to inhabit the same skin Jake was wearing, and Jake wasn’t going to complain about that.”
― Ashlyn Kane, American Love Songs

“For you, that tree is dead.”
― Richard Stark, The Hunter

“Sophie(female): This life is not worth living without the people that make us want to tear down those walls. The thrill of vulnerability the danger of opening your heart. It makes us feel alive.

Parker(female): I feel alive when I'm jumping down a building.

Sophie(female): Maybe that's why they call it 'Falling in love”
― Leverage Sophie and Parker

“Parker pouts and it's kinda hot. And by 'kinda' I mean, I kinda wanna sit on his face.”
― Ellie Messe, Broken

“I swear to God, Haley!" He fumes, "Stop fucking saying that! You are not some piece of ass! You're the woman I want to fucking marry some day! The woman I want to have kids with, a future! " Stunned into silence, I lose all words, all my anger as they slide down my throat, clogging my airways. "There's your declaration of love."

Drew whistles next to me, I look over and see him smiling broadly at the both us like a child on Christmas, "Awe, the big idiot's kinda romantic.”
― Ellie Messe, Broken

“You're already my favorite thing to fight for Haley.”
― Ellie Messe, Broken

“Hemingway concealed his hurt feelings but privately added Dorothy's name to his catalogue of people he disliked.”
― Marion Meade, Dorothy Parker: What Fresh Hell Is This?

“Until he taught me to fl, I didn't realize how deep beneath the earth I'd buried my hopes and dreams.”
― Julie Johnson

“You don’t need to be someone you’re not. Haven’t you learned that? Stop being scared and face the world. I know you’re not in remission yet, but who can say they have been through cancer twice and beat it? Confront the world, Aundrea. You’re alive. Be proud of the strong woman you are and stop hiding behind your wig.”
― Amanda Maxlyn, What's Left of Me

“Josh: Did you come willingly or did Parker have to drag you by your hair?"
Drew: Oh, I'm sure there was a little hair pulling." Drew mumbles next to me, I swat his arm.
Haley: I came willingly."
Drew: Bet you did." I punch him this time.”
― Ellie Messe, Broken

“It's as if his chest is a match and my fingers create the friction necessary to light him on fire.”
― Ellie Messe, Broken

“It’s a classic scam.”

“Classic or classless?” Hardison said. “Ripping off old people for the simple crime of trusting you doesn’t seem like much of a challenge.”

“Aren’t we a little out of this guy’s league?” Parker said, blunt as ever.

“The man’s out to rob these comic-book legends of the last things they want to get rid of,” Hardison said. “They gave the world some of its finest heroes. Saving them’s the least we can do.”
― Matt Forbeck, The Con Job

“Sure, I could have, no problem. The security they got around those room booking systems is like a kid’s playpen, but I just couldn’t bring myself to do it.”

Eliot reached across Parker to grab Hardison by the front of his shirt, but Parker shoved her shoulder between the two men, foiling the effort. “That’s your thing, man,” Eliot said over Parker’s shoulder as Hardison backed away into the corner of the cab. “What’s stopping you?”

Hardison shrugged, embarrassed. “All the people who come out here, they’re doing it for the sheer joy of being a geek about something. Might be the Avengers, Star Wars, Sailor Moon, or even them sparkly vampires, but hey, they took a week off work, saved up all their pennies for the badges—which sell out in about ninety minutes—and got their butts out there for the show. I—I just couldn’t do that to them.”
― Matt Forbeck, The Con Job

“How did you get the badges?” Parker asked. “You didn’t steal a badge from a pro, did you?”

“Of course not,” Hardison said. “Geek solidarity to the end.”
“Then whose name is this on my badge? Who’s Diana Prince?”
Hardison laughed. “That’s Wonder Woman’s secret identity.”
Parker giggled at that. “And who are you? Carl Lucas?”
“That’s Luke Cage’s original name.”
“Who?” Eliot didn’t bother to conceal his irritation.

“Luke Cage? You know, Power Man? Of Power Man and Iron Fist?” Hardison waited for a response that never came. “Sweet Christmas, what’s wrong with you people?”

“We have lives. And just who am I supposed to be, huh? Batman’s secret sidekick?”

“You’d like that, wouldn’t you?” Sophie said. Nate gave her a nudge with his elbow, and she fixed him with a mischievous smile.

“Naw, man,” said Hardison. “I wouldn’t do that to you. I know how you feel about ‘fictional’ people.”

“So who the hell is Warren Ellis?”
“He’s a comic-book writer. Good one.”
Eliot groaned. “For God’s sake, do I look like a comic-book writer?”

“Hey, don’t knock Warren Ellis. He wrote all sorts of great stuff. Global Frequency, The Authority, Transmetropolitan. Good stuff.”
― Matt Forbeck, The Con Job

“Sounds great,” Cha0s said. “It’s a date!”

Parker ended the call. “Ew, ew, ew!” she said. “I want to wash off my phone. No, I want to disinfect it. No, I want to throw it into the ocean.”

“When we’re done,” Nate said. “You might need that until then.”

“Great work, Parker,” Sophie said. “You reeled him in well. You could have a future in that sort of work.”

“Don’t even think about it,” Parker said. “For Hardison, I’ll do it, but—ew!”
― Matt Forbeck, The Con Job

“You want some?” Cha0s said as he turned toward Eliot. “Come and get it!”

“Why is it that men reduce themselves to one-liners and bad movie quotes whenever they get into a fight?” said Parker. “Is there some kind of script they’re supposed to follow when they get to this point? Or does the raging testosterone just shut down their higher brain functions?”
― Matt Forbeck, The Con Job

“But I don’t understand,” she said. “Why have you been following me all over the world? Why didn’t you just approach me before?”

“I’ve wanted to,” he confessed. “But I kept chickening out. I meant to in Frankfurt, but then you spotted me and I lost my nerve. I didn’t want you to think I was some sort of creepy stalker.”

“God forbid,” Eliot muttered.

Larry looked nervously at Eliot. “Then your bodyguard took off after me and I just panicked. And then there was that scary blonde in the dog costume…”

“Scary?” Parker reacted, her indignation coming through Sophie’s earbud loud and clear. “I was adorable.”

“My personal assistant,” Sophie explained. “She’s a furry.”
― Greg Cox, The Bestseller Job

“He's a man who didn't hear the twig snap.”
― Richard Stark, Butcher's Moon

“Parker simply went where money was and took it away.”
― Richard Stark, The Handle