Frank Booth Quotes

At the local coffee-shop, hunched in one of the secretive, high-backed booths with hundreds of peoples' names gouged into the wood, we drank cup after cup of black coffee and talked frankly about sex.

Nobody could ever be like that bottomless well of a man—that walking confessional booth who could absorb whatever you told him without judgment or alarm. Nobody else could be that beautiful dark soul, who always seemed to straddle the worlds of life and death. Nobody but Frank was Frank

Who the hell is Warren Ellis again?” Hardison gaped at the man. “Only one of the greatest comics writers in the past twenty years. Might as well ask who Alan Moore is, or Frank Miller, or Mark Waid, or Brian Michael Bendis, or Marv Wolfman, or Geoff Johns.” Eliot gave Hardison a blank look as they wove their way through the hall. Parker took the lead, toting a printed sign with her. Eliot and Hardison trailed in her wake. They made a point of striding right past Patronus’s booth. They didn’t turn to see if he noticed them. “No one?” Hardison said. “Nothing? Not even Kurt Busiek? Neil Gaiman?” “I have a life. I do things, active things. I date women.” “Stan Lee?” Eliot gave Hardison that one with a wag of his head. “Who hasn’t heard of Stan Lee?” “All right,” Hardison said with satisfaction. “You had me worried there, man.

Though the Finns’ taciturnity may work among themselves, problems arise when they travel or have to work with foreigners. The men, in particular, can be simply too frank, too direct, sometimes to the point of rudeness. They find it especially challenging to engage in the social lubricant of small talk, something even Norwegians can manage if they put their minds to it.

It felt like we were on fire. Everything got so hot, it was almost too much to stand. Kissing him, having his body close. I thought of how you feel when you're eating a meal and don't realize how hungry you are till you're three bites in. You start eating faster, savoring every bite. Now I couldn't stop, so I took another kiss, then another. I let his tongue slip into my mouth, and I shivered again. He smiled at my reaction and went in for more. The way his hands started to move over my body gave me the impression he had been there before. I could have stopped, I knew I should have stopped, but all the drama and emotional pain I'd experienced over the last few days made me recklessly ignore that thought. I tore his shirt off. He gasped, which made me giggle. I covered my mouth, and he grabbed my hand and put it around his neck. He scooped me up and I tightened my thighs around his waist. He sat me down on the bar and peeled off my blouse. Any last ounce of Southern lady I had left in me exited the building. I unhooked my bra and threw it across the room. Screw it. If I was going to go ahead and make a mistake, I might as well take the fast lane. We watched it slingshot and land on a booth. "Is the door locked?" he asked, gasping for air. "Think so," I said, taking big gulping breaths. I was drowning and was totally fine with it. "Good," he said. He pulled me to the end of the bar and pulled my shoes off. I hopped off and helped him along by unbuttoning my jeans and wiggling out of them as sexily as I could. He did the same. "Man, you look good enough to eat," he said. "So do you. Take a bite," I said. We were standing about four feet apart and our clothes were all over the floor. I stood there almost naked and drank in the sight of him. He took a few slow steps toward me, like a lion about to jump on his prey, and dug in.

As John Booth Davies writes in The Myth of Addiction: “[P]eople take drugs because they want to

As the boys walked down the stone steps of headquarters, Frank said, “How about a milk-shake?” Joe grinned. “You read my mind. I can sure use one!” They drove several blocks to the Hot Rocket, a favorite eating spot of their high school crowd. A familiar yellow jalopy was parked outside. “Well, well! Look who’s in there!” Frank said. The chunky figure of Chet Morton, the jalopy’s owner, was seated in one of the booths. He was poring over a magazine and munching a hamburger. “Hi, fellows!” he mumbled.

Suddenly both Hardys noticed that Chet’s attention had been diverted. He stared longingly ahead. “What’s so interesting?” Joe asked. “Don’t pass it,” pleaded Chet. “Pass what?” “That milk bar up there. They serve a terrific sundae, covered with whipped cream, cherries, and nuts. It’s called a Bigloo Igloo. Come on, fellows. It’s lunchtime.” “Okay.” Frank laughed. The yellow convertible turned in and stopped before the little white building. Soon the boys were seated together in a booth.

On Sunday, after church, Aunt Gertrude said good-by to her nephews and went off with a ladies’ group to visit sick members of the congregation. The boys were alone in the house when the telephone rang. Frank answered and was delighted to hear his father’s voice. “Dad! What a swell surprise! Where are you?” “At Bayport Airport, son. Just landed from Paris this morning and then hopped a plane from New York. Think you and Joe could pick me up?” “You bet. We’ll be there in a jiffy!” Fifteen minutes later the tall, broad-shouldered investigator was embracing his two sons. “Boy, you look great, Dad!” Joe said. “How’d you make out on your case in Europe?” “Tell you about it later. Right now I could use some of Aunt Gertrude’s home cooking.” “You’re out of luck,” Frank said. “She won’t be home until three o’clock.” Mr. Hardy chuckled wryly. “In that case I’ll settle for ham and eggs at the nearest diner.” After stowing their father’s luggage in the trunk of the convertible, the boys took him to a roadside restaurant just outside Bayport. Soon the three were settled in a comfortable booth, enjoying their meal.

Frank parked the car at a drugstore and the two boys hurried to a telephone booth inside. Leafing through the Bayport directory, they soon found the attorney’s residential listing.

As he sat down, a man in the next booth cleared his throat violently. Then he said, 'Honesty is my God. Frankly, I wouldn't have lied to Hitler.' There was a kind of female moan of assent. Sophie peered over the back of the booth and saw a woman, her head resting over the back of the booth and saw a woman, her head resting on one hand as though it had come loose from her neck. 'How do you know what Otto feels? What is it you want him to do? You and he have been fighting for years, haven't you? Like smiling people in a swimming pool, kicking each other under water.

TONY, ISAP NAPAS TERAKHIR KOTA INI (Frank Booth Reconstruction — Gasoline Erotics) Pintu itu tidak dibuka. Pintu itu diterjang, seperti kota ini tidak pantas memiliki sekat, seperti dinding adalah penghinaan personal yang harus dihancurkan. Tony masuk dengan langkah yang terdengar seperti pukulan jantung yang dipaksa berdetak oleh seseorang yang membencinya. Ia mengenakan topeng oksigen. Bukan untuk bernapas— untuk menyembur kegilaan ke paru-parunya sebelum kata pertama jatuh dari bibirnya. Hssssssss— “Jangan bergerak.” Suaranya adalah listrik yang kehilangan kesabaran, dan aku yakin ia berkata seperti itu bukan karena aku akan kabur melainkan karena ia ingin melihatku membeku dalam ketakutan paling murni. Ia menghirup gas lagi. Hssssssss— lelaki itu kini adalah badai kecil yang mencari seseorang untuk dihancurkan demi alasan yang hanya dimengerti oleh tubuhnya. “LIHAT AKU!” Kata itu bukan permintaan. Itu adalah ajakan berperang. Lampu berkedip dan berubah merah seolah ruangan ini memutuskan untuk mengakui siapa yang berkuasa. Tony mendekat begitu cepat hingga udara mundur. Ia meraih kerah bajuku dengan gerakan yang cepat dan brutal pada saat yang sama, seperti seseorang yang memetik bunga yang sebenarnya adalah granat. “Kau pikir kota ini milikmu?” Ia menggertak—pendek, tajam. “Kau pikir cinta itu kelembutan? Kebijaksanaan? Ritual bahagia?” Hssssssss— Napasnya berubah menjadi dengus binatang buas. “CINTA ITU GAS, BANGSAT!” “Cinta itu benda yang kau hirup sampai matamu melihat warna yang tidak ada dalam spektrum optik.” Ia menepuk pipiku— bukan lembut, bukan keras— tapi cukup untuk membuatku sadar bahwa sentuhan itu bisa menjadi ancaman yang menyakitkan. Dari sakunya, ia mengeluarkan sepotong beludru gelap. Tidak biru— tapi hitam basah, seperti bulu raven yang mencuri cahaya dari mataku. “Pegang ini,” katanya. “Pegang pelan.” “Lebih pelan.” “Ya.” Nadanya berubah sultry, seolah kekerasan dan erotika adalah bahasa yang sama baginya. “Dengar, aku akan bilang satu hal padamu,” Ia mendekatkan wajahnya. Aroma gas, logam, dan sesuatu yang manis— seperti permen yang dicampur racun— mengisi ruangan. “Kota ini adalah perempuan telanjang yang dipaksa bernyanyi di depan semua fantasi manusia.” Ia tertawa— tawa yang tidak punya ritme moral. “Dan aku…” Ia memegang wajahku di kedua tangannya. “...adalah orang yang mengajar kota ini bagaimana caranya menjerit.” Hssssssss— Tony menendang meja, gelas-gelas pecah, bayangan jatuh ke lantai seperti tubuh. Ia menatapku dengan mata yang tidak lagi mengenali perbedaan antara hasrat dan kekejaman. “AKU TUNJUKKAN CINTA VERSI SEJATI,” katanya. Ia mendekat, menekan beludru hitam itu ke dadaku sambil berbisik di telingaku: “Dalam dunia ini, siapa pun bisa mencintai. Tapi hanya sedikit yang berani mencintai sampai menghancurkan sesuatu.” Hssssssss— Ia menarik topengnya, menatapku dengan kekosongan yang sempurna, dan berkata: “Inikah bagian tubuhmu yang paling kau butuhkan untuk merasa hidup?” “Karena aku… ingin mengambilnya darimu!” Lalu ia merenggut hatiku dengan sekali cabut. November 2025

Frank slides in closer to me, and his arm wraps tightly around my shoulders. “You are worth more than any of them, Margie. You are the strongest woman I’ve ever met. And that doesn’t scare me, not one bit. It makes me want to be the man who can stand by your side and hold you up when the world comes at you and tries to bring you down. It makes me want to protect you, fight with you, and make love to you. You have no idea how incredible you are.

When the knock comes at my door today, I’m already smiling as I hobble to the door. When I swing it open, Frank is leaning against the door frame, smirking like my own personal catnip. “Can I come in?

And then there was Frank. Lord help me. The way the man looks at his granddaughter like she hung the moon and all the stars in the sky did something to me. It woke up a part of my heart I thought long dead and buried inside a Christmas more than twenty years ago.