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

— Josh Lanyon

A pause followed my greeting. Then “We’re watching you” whispered the voice on the other end.”Yeah? Did you see what I did with my keys? ”Silence. Then dial tone. These younger demons. So easily discouraged.

— Josh Lanyon

...do you have someone you can stay with? Hell, stay with your mother. The Pentagon doesn’t have the security system she’s g

— Josh Lanyon

Do you still do the clubs?” Jake shakes his head. “You do the clubs because you can’t find what you need at home. I’ve got everything I need. I’ve got the answer to needs I didn’t even know I had.

— 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.

— Josh Lanyon

I liked you the first time I saw you. You were sitting on the floor surrounded by books, and you looked up when I opened the door and smiled right at me. It felt like you had been waiting for me, like you were welcoming me home.

— Josh Lanyon

It’s more believable that a cop would get involved in solving these murders. I mean, you’re talking about writing a series. How believable is it that this Hollywood gossip columnist is going to keep stumbling on all these murders?

— Josh Lanyon

It wasn't merely fatigue. Although it continued to worry me how tired I was all the time. I had a strange sense of missing something, of being in the wrong place - no matter where I was.

— Josh Lanyon

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

— Josh Lanyon

Sable hair bisected his pecs and narrowed down to the straight and unequivocal statement of his returned interest. Forcing my gaze to his face, I said, "I really don't think we have time for that."" You know that, and I know that, but HE doesn't believe it."" Believe it," I told HIM. J.X.'s mouth tugged into one of those heart-stopping smiles. "Maybe you should whisper in his ear.

— Josh Lanyon