"There are some men who enter a woman's life and screw it up forever. Joseph Morelli did this to me - not forever, but periodically."
Pg. 1

Mary Lou Molnar, in reference to Joe Morelli:
"He specializes in virgins! The brush of his fingertips turns virgins into slobbering mush."
Pg. 4

Connie Rosolli on being a bounty hunter:
"Probably, it's like driving the turnpike," Connie said. "Probably, you get used to it. The way I see it, living in New Jersey is a challenge, what with the toxic waste and the eighteen-wheelers and the armed schizophrenics. I mean, what's one more lunatic shooting at you?"
Pg. 17

Ranger to Stephanie meeting for the first time to discuss teaching her the ropes:
"There's me, and then there's you, and you aren't ever gonna be as good as me, Sweet Thing."

Helen Plum, upon learning that Stephanie has taken a job as a...