Night Moves - Reflections on Significant Historical Events
Paula:
Where were you when Kennedy got shot?
Harry Moseby:
Which Kennedy?
Paula:
Any Kennedy.
Harry Moseby:
When the president got shot, I was on my way to San Diego. Football game. When Bobby got shot, I was sitting in a car waiting for a guy to come out of a house with his girlfriend. Working on a divorce case. One of those times I wish I was in another business.
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Night Moves - Resisting Temptation with Positive Thoughts
Paula:
How do you resist Delly?
Harry Moseby:
Oh, I just think good, clean thoughts, like Thanksgiving, George Washington's teeth.
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Night Moves - Regret and Missed Opportunities in Life
Paula:
Oh, that's a beauty.
Harry Moseby:
Yeah, but he didn't see it. He played something else and he lost. He must have regretted it every day of his life. I know I would have. As a matter of fact I do regret it, and I wasn't even born yet.
Paula:
That's no excuse.
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Night Moves - Exploring Past Choices and Intentions
Harry Moseby:
What'd you do before this?
Paula: [coyly; pauses, gives him a look]
This and that... I taught school, I... kept house. I waited tables... I did a little stripping, I did a little hooking... and I trod a lot of water.
Harry Moseby:
Sounds kind of bleak. Or is it just the way you tell it?
Paula: [sharply]
Do you ask these questions because you wanna know the answer, or is it just something you think a detective should do?
Harry Moseby:
I just want you to know I'm here.
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Night Moves - The Appeal of Unconventional Pets
Harry Moseby: [observing Paula, who is feeding dolphins in a special pen]
What do you got em for?
Paula:
Well, there's a big demand for dolphins. Lots of people want em, you'd be surprised. People buy them for their swimming pools. They think it's chic to have a dolphin for a pet. Like that craze for baby alligators in New York years back. When they got bored with em, they flushed them down the john. Now they got a sewage system swarming with blind, albino, shit-eating alligators.
Harry Moseby: [listening with a bemused look on his face]
I'm not too sure I believe that.
Paula:
You're not one of those "intent on the truth" types, are you?
Harry Moseby:
Well, not religious about it, no, but I...
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Night Moves - Freedom and Chaos in Society
Paula:
When we're all as free as Delly there'll be rioting in the streets.
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