Riley Poole Quotes

Who wants to go down the creepy tunnel inside the tomb first? — Riley Poole

Ladies shouldn’t play pool,” she once told me. “Lucky for me I’m not a lady,” I replied.

My hand hovers over the packages of double-stuffed, then veers toward the triple-stuffed, because if I was rich I’d swim every morning in a pool of Oreo filling instead of water. I toss them in the cart with the rest of my dinner of champions—beer, Pop Tarts, and lube.

Beginning at the end, like a great film noir. Bill Holden dead in the swimming pool. Fred MacMurray giving his last confession. Going full circle. Like a noose.