"Heart surgeons do not have the world's smallest egos: when you ask them to name the world's three leading practitioners, they never can remember the names of the other two."

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Source : Sara Paretsky (2009). “Windy City Blues”, p.86, Dell

Sara Paretsky

#Heart Quotes #Names Quotes #Two Quotes

“It's easy to not work on my album. I go out to the cinema, catch up with friends, eat, watch "Curb Your Enthusiasm" - that sort of thing.”
“I love these pet names," she said, gazing soulfully up into his eyes, "Nitwit. Sap skull. Termagant. How they make my heart flutter!”
“I've got forward momentum. There's no virtue in it. It's just a balancing act. I don't dare stop.”
“Thought is barred in this City of Dreadful Joy and conversation is unknown.”
“I don't look at myself as being famous. I look at myself as an athlete. If the money is there, I'd be happy, but I have to be happy within myself first.”
“My grandsons really love my apple cake, which is from my grandmother's recipe.”
“If you run across a dog driving, would you ever forget that? You could never forget that, that bump. It'll haunt you for the rest of your life. Imagine if you killed a human being. You're not going to forget that. Well, I killed many.”

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