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I want people to react to my work, to think, to question, to challenge, to cry and laugh and feel. By Josh Lanyon

Maybe that was what grown-up life was really about. Doing what everyone else thought you should do. By Josh Lanyon

People did terrible things to each other- and half the time they did it by accident. By Josh Lanyon

You feel rain in a used bookstore. The old pages pick up the damp and mustiness like old bones do rheumatism. By Josh Lanyon

This is how God made me. You are how God made you. All God's chillun are made how God made 'em. You think God made a mistake, take it up with Him. By Josh Lanyon

He needed fresh air and sunshine. A walk in the woods and afterward a good book to read by the fire.Yeah, that was the life. By Josh Lanyon

Eyes closed, I murmured, "Are you kissing it better?""Am I?""I think so. My lips hurt too. By Josh Lanyon

You got a little bit of an attitude, Mr. English, if you don't mind my saying so. I don't mind. By Josh Lanyon

I thought they expected you to be controversial at UCLA?" "I believe the Board of Regents draws the line at sacrificial murder. By Josh Lanyon

I do not want this cat. No, Nat. Not in a hat. Not in my flat. Not in the store, not anymore, just out the door. if you please. By Josh Lanyon

I know that asshole you were with in college ""Can we leave that asshole out of it?"Please, gentlemen, one asshole at a time. By Josh Lanyon

What the hell were the odds of attracting two stalkers within a year? Was it my aftershave? By Josh Lanyon

Most people don't fall out of love at the same time. One person always wants more than the other person can give them. And that ends in bitterness. By Josh Lanyon

You're not sure because you're feeling pretty stiff and achy, and By Josh Lanyon

I caught sight of Fraser in a pair of tight black Speedos. Ugh. Did he have a permit to carry that thing in public? By Josh Lanyon

Then, like a born and bred asshole, he added to the sheriff, He writes murder mysteries. By Josh Lanyon

There was always one person more devoted than the other in a relationship, right? By Josh Lanyon

Well, well," he said. "This can't be a coincidence.""It could," I said. "The odds aren't high, but they do exist.""Uh-huh. By Josh Lanyon

Vintage books, old china, antiques; maybe I love old things so much because I feel impermanent myself. By Josh Lanyon

Like fine wine, I do not travel well. Sure, when I was young, fresh, low in acidity and not so tannic, I was a more adventurous spririt. By Josh Lanyon

I was surprised he didn't just spit the nails into the wood like Popeye the Sailor Man. By Josh Lanyon

I determinedly weaved my way through the crowd, hauling my medical apparatus behind me like my little red wagon. By Josh Lanyon

Some guys say it with flowers," Tucker said. "I bring you arson reports. By Josh Lanyon

I can't figure out where you put all that," Tucker observed. "You eat like a horse." "It goes straight to my cock By Josh Lanyon

Law enforcement hardened you. It made you cynical about people. Even people you loved. The people who deserved your unconditional trust. By Josh Lanyon

The best fiction captures the truth of real life. By Josh Lanyon

I never meant to get involved with you, Adrien. Rest easy; you're not. By Josh Lanyon

You say potato, I say potahto." "I say rice pilaf. I say you're trying to distract me with talk of side dishes. By Josh Lanyon

A wolf cannot outrun its shadow. By Josh Lanyon

Have I ever told you, you look like Monty Clift? he inquired in a deep, seductive voice.Before or after the accident? By Josh Lanyon

No one was in better position than I to know how easily shyness gets misread for arrogance or coldness or indifference. By Josh Lanyon

One thing I've noticed about getting older, it takes twice as much work to get half the results one formerly achieved by falling out of bed. By Josh Lanyon

I'm never wrong? Who besides Republican presidents and evil masterminds can say that with a straight face? By Josh Lanyon

What the hell was it that people loved so much about the great outdoors? It was just one fatal accident after another waiting to happen. By Josh Lanyon

I didn't approve of murder on general principles. Not even of people who seemed to go around begging for it. By Josh Lanyon

To find them all in one package ... well, perhaps better not to dwell on his package in my fragile state. By Josh Lanyon

The only thing worse than opera is someone who hums along with opera. By Josh Lanyon

She shrugged another plump shoulder. "I never listened to Porter when he got going."Ah. At last. The secret to a successful marriage. By Josh Lanyon

It was nearly five before Jake walked in. He was sunburnt, wet, and smelled faintly of fish. Sexy as hell. Don't ask me to explain. By Josh Lanyon

WTF was my problem? By Josh Lanyon

I'm a thirty-something gay man with a dodgy heart. I sell books for a living. Who wants to read about that? By Josh Lanyon

You're Professor Mills? The new one who teaches history?As opposed to the old Professor Mills who preached overthrow of the government? By Josh Lanyon

That's the thing about sex. So much of it is just plain awkward, clumsy, are-you-sure-this-is-going-to-fit-I-think-they-forgot-to-include-the-washers. By Josh Lanyon

The problem with a life spent reading is you know too much. By Josh Lanyon

Homosexuality just wasn't what it used to be in the Golden Age of mystery writing. By Josh Lanyon

This is like dating. This is...weird. By Josh Lanyon

The only thing I'm sure of is wherever you are is where I belong. By Josh Lanyon

I don't know if real courage lies in storming barricades or simply not denying the truth. By Josh Lanyon

You're crazy about me, Elliot ... ""You know how I know, Elliot?" ... "I know how you feel because I feel the same way. By Josh Lanyon

We all have our methods for coping and they usually happen behind closed doors. By Josh Lanyon

He had firsthand knowledge of getting punched in the face, and it was an experience he didn't want to repeat. By Josh Lanyon

Why did we all crave love so badly when half the time it left us annihilated? By Josh Lanyon

A muscle moved in Tucker's jaw. He said, You mean you want berating space. I breath better when you are close by. By Josh Lanyon

First of all, ideas aren't the hard part. Secondly, there are no new ideas, only the author's unique execution. By Josh Lanyon

Nothing so simple nor yet so intense as a kiss between lovers. By Josh Lanyon

People loved you in the way they knew how - and often it was not the way you knew. Or needed. By Josh Lanyon

Cops before breakfast. Before coffee even. As if Mondays weren't bad enough. By Josh Lanyon

Hearts got broken every day. Nobody died from that. But it did kind of fade the sunlight and drain the color from the days. By Josh Lanyon

Kit, you're forty. You look thirty. You act ... well, never mind. You're carrying on like you think you're seventy By Josh Lanyon

It was tempting to view your family as an extension of yourself, but it was a mistake. By Josh Lanyon

You couldn't hurt a fly.Actually I was pretty good at pinging flies right out of the air, but I tried to look appropriately harmless. By Josh Lanyon

I want to fuck you in those glasses. By Josh Lanyon

Jake, a homosexual cop buried so deep in the closet he didn't know where to look for himself. By Josh Lanyon

You were the first in every way that counted. By Josh Lanyon

They will rue the day," Tucker growled. By Josh Lanyon

Was floozy the kind of job that required good references? Matt doubted it, but he refrained from saying so. By Josh Lanyon

If there was one life skill everyone on the planet needed, it was the ability to think with critical objectivity By Josh Lanyon

Don't say anything against indies. They're very sensitive. One hint of elitism and they'll be organizing a twitcott. By Josh Lanyon

'You remember asking me if I'd ever begged?' I wiped the corner of my eyes, sniffed. 'Is this about to get kinky?' By Josh Lanyon

Wanda's sole interests are getting high and getting laid. I can't picture her wasting valuable stoner hours on murder. By Josh Lanyon

Being alone wasn't nearly as lonely as being with people who didn't love you By Josh Lanyon

It was dark." "I'd know you in the dark, Tucker." Tucker's eyes flashed up to meet Elliot's. He said curtly. "Yeah. I'd know you too. By Josh Lanyon

When I get back to L.A. I'm going to buy myself a Blackberry and a slew of French-cuffed shirts. Possibly a nipple ring. By Josh Lanyon

There are few things in this life more bamboo-under-fingernails than good poetry read aloud badly-unless it is bad poetry read aloud badly. By Josh Lanyon

I prefer creatures with the proper amount of legs. Two or four are good. Six, eight, or none ... that's just not right. By Josh Lanyon

Well, Hodge, wasn't the brightest candle on the birthday cake. By Josh Lanyon

Welcome to the closet, I thought, is it dark in here or is just me By Josh Lanyon

This could be heaven or this could be hell'?""A lot will depend on the mattress. By Josh Lanyon

Cynicism. I liked that in a man. By Josh Lanyon

Just so you know,If I have to be shackled to someone, I'd choose you everytime. By Josh Lanyon

How sad that I couldn't get myself sober to share a life with him, but I could do it to show him I didn't need him. By Josh Lanyon

Not as intolerable as being dead, in my opinion, but I'm very fond of me. I would miss me a lot. By Josh Lanyon

Love ... doesn't happen every day. It doesn't happen at all for some people By Josh Lanyon

Did he want to put a cock ring on me or did he fear I wanted to put a wedding ring on him? By Josh Lanyon

If you even try to die, I'll kill you myself, Tucker had said in a choky voice By Josh Lanyon

They lived seven hundred miles - and a couple universes - apart. By Josh Lanyon

West, pull your head out of your easel. Boxner By Josh Lanyon

'You know what I thought the first time I saw you?' 'No.' 'Point of no return.' By Josh Lanyon

A lot of kids are shocked at the idea of people over thirty having sex. (Max) By Josh Lanyon

Maybe he had a gaydar anti-cloaking device. By Josh Lanyon

My mother made a sound that from a lesser woman would have been a snort. By Josh Lanyon

He looked okay. No, to be honest. He looked a lot better than okay. He looked ... fine. Fine, as in get the Chiffons over here to sing a chorus. By Josh Lanyon

I think it was Mark Twain who said, Get your facts straight, and then you can distort them as much as you like. By Josh Lanyon

I hadn't liked him at first. He did sort of grow on you after a while. Like the cosmopolitans. Or maybe because of the cosmopolitans. By Josh Lanyon

That's one of the oldest tricks in the world, Adrien-with-an-e. By Josh Lanyon

Drink your coffee people in Africa are sleeping. By Josh Lanyon

I can't "Think of a nicer way to commit suicde."That's good."I can't think of a better way to commit murder By Josh Lanyon

And why is it the best looking ones are always straight? By Josh Lanyon

I'm not insane. This is very simple, very straightforward. Provided he doesn't kill me, it's foolproof. By Josh Lanyon

You don't look so hot, Adrien." "Yeah, well I'm having a bad heart day."His upper lip curled in a semblance of a smile. "Tell me about it. By Josh Lanyon

Tiffs among the faggots were apparently the stuff of quiet merriment. By Josh Lanyon

You're kind of a smart ass when you're not flat on your face. By Josh Lanyon

Okay, baby? Riordan was walking toward me. I realized he was talking to me. By Josh Lanyon

Jake fried up the fish, cooked rice with garlic, cilantro and green onions. Someday he was going to make some woman a wonderful wife. By Josh Lanyon

He was probably selfish in the sack. Probably selfish and greedy and ... unsophisticated. And hung like a horse. By Josh Lanyon

Hey, its not much of a closet is it?""No. Its not. I don't like closets. Life's to short to spend hiding in the dark. By Josh Lanyon

Travel had taught me that the world was something to engage with, not take shelter from. By Josh Lanyon

Like true philosophers I've come to believe that religion is an illusion of childhood, outgrown after proper education. By Josh Lanyon

Only in academia did people talk such bullshit and expect to be taken seriously By Josh Lanyon

I thought again how odd it was to be on formal terms with someone you had once permitted to lick your ears. By Josh Lanyon

Wear something sexy." "Asshole." "That will certainly work. By Josh Lanyon

All cynics are disappointed idealists. The more stars in the eyes, the harder the fall. By Josh Lanyon

I thought I recognized you.Really? He remembered me looking like Swamp Thing? How flattering. By Josh Lanyon

He never lied to me. I just didn't ask the questions I didn't want to know the answers to. By Josh Lanyon

How quickly, how neatly the chaos of a living person could be reduced to an insignificant box. By Josh Lanyon

Knowing and believing are two different things. By Josh Lanyon

Kevin refilled my plastic cup with more box wine. I smiled thanks. Kevin smiled welcome. Jake kicked my ankle. By Josh Lanyon