#detect

Danger is the snack food of a true sleuth. ↗

— Mac Barnett

#detectives #middle-grade #proverbs #quips #sayings

I continue to be a strong believer in the life-saving importance of early detection, and I encourage everyone to be proactive about their preventive screenings. ↗

— Roy Blunt

#believer #continue #detection #early #encourage

Jealousy is never satisfied with anything short of an omniscience that would detect the subtlest fold of the heart. ↗

— George Eliot

#anything #detect #fold #heart #never

I'd like people to know that you can head off kidney disease, maybe prevent a transplant or stop the disease from progressing after detection by doing a simple urine test in the doctor's office. ↗

— Sean Elliott

#detection #disease #doctor #doing #head

Dad made it to Gold Shield Detective, so he always busted Robin, my oldest brother, and me. Always got caught, whatever we were doing. ↗

— Kevin Eubanks

#brother #busted #caught #dad #detective

I leave to others the decision as to the good or evil tendencies of my character, but such as it is it shines upon my countenance, and there it can easily be detected by any physiognomist. ↗

— Giacomo Casanova

#character #countenance #decision #detected #easily

What the detective story is about is not murder but the restoration of order. ↗

— P. D. James

#detective #detective story #murder #order #restoration

It is always right to detect a fraud, and to perceive a folly; but it is very often wrong to expose either. A man of business should always have his eyes open, but must often seem to have them shut. ↗

— Philip Stanhope

#business #detect #either #expose #eyes

I stole a bit of a chopped vegetable and was about to put it in my mouth when Jae’s long fingers closed over my wrist. “What? You can’t eat this raw?” “It’s bitter melon. You won’t like it.” He went into the fridge and came out with something that looked halfway familiar. “Here, leftover bao. There’s char siu inside.” “The red pork stuff? Yeah, I like that. I thought it was Chinese.” “It is. We also eat hamburgers and spaghetti. ↗

— Rhys Ford

#love #m-m-mystery #m-m-romance #multicultural #murder

We split a bottle of Norman cider. Not everybody sells Norman cider by the bottle. "Has a European feel" Susan said. "That sounds terrific" I said. "Can I have one?" Susan grinned at me. "How did you ever get to be so big without growing up?" she said. "Iron self-control" I said. ↗

— Robert B. Parker

#humor #spenser #humor