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1 " And, as I lie in bed that night looking out into the starless sky, I think about that shadow on my guardian's face. The sadness has been there since the day I met Sidney Grice and I cannot imagine it will ever go away. "
― M.R.C. Kasasian , Death Descends on Saturn Villa (The Gower Street Detective #3)
2 " The poor, I am told, are kind to each other but that is because they have nothing to lose,' he said. 'The rich cannot afford to be. "
― M.R.C. Kasasian , The Mangle Street Murders (The Gower Street Detective, #1)
3 " You are hiding something from me, I say and Sidney Grice shakes his head. 'No,' he tells me quietly. 'I am hiding a great many things'. "
4 " We do not serve spirits to the ladies.''As you have probably guessed, I am not a lady "
5 " Where are your clothes? And do not pretend you do not know. I can accept that you may not know if you killed a man, but every girl always knows where her clothes are. "
6 " The best lies are always flavoured with the truth but if the substance is rotten, it will stink no matter how much you try to disguise it. "
7 " The criminal mind is perverted and convoluted but almost invariably unimaginative,'he said as Molly came out in a fluster "
8 " Do you usually dine alone?" I asked."No," he said. "I always dine with a book. "
9 " The human mind is not capable of comprehending or containing this world's agony.' Sidney Grice said, 'or we should all go mad. "
10 " It's a pity you are so poor & plain. And a shame you have such intelligence & spirit, Miss Middleton. You might otherwise make a man an acceptable spouse. "
11 " What have you got against penguins?’ ‘Nothing very much except for their nasty jauntiness, "
― M.R.C. Kasasian , Dark Dawn over Steep House (The Gower Street Detective, #5)
12 " It was the start of love at second sight and love at second sight is love eternal. You told me that so it must be true. "
13 " It appears she has taken an exorbitant quantity of heroin.’ ‘Oh dear.’ I pushed my plate aside. ‘What condition did she have to take it for?’ ‘Boredom.’ He stood up. ‘She has so little to do with her time since she came out of prison.’ I "
― M.R.C. Kasasian , The Curse of the House of Foskett (The Gower Street Detective, #2)
14 " A centric mind spins on the spot, going nowhere and only succeeding in making itself dizzy. The eccentric travels unpredictably but often towards the inspired. "
15 " He saved my life.’ I tried to shrug but my shoulders were too stiff. ‘As if he hasn’t got enough to feel guilty about,’ Sharkey said "
― M.R.C. Kasasian , The Room of the Dead (Betty Church Mystery #2)
16 " If wishes was fishes we’d run out of dishes. "
17 " Professor Loredan of the University of Venice dissected the skulls of nearly a thousand effeminate men, of which there is no shortage in the Italian peninsula, "
18 " Dear God, George, I prayed, how can you look at the sun and know that I am under it too? How can you be so cruel? I am being crushed like this letter, shredded like the dozens more that I have written and never sent. "
19 " We fell into one of those awkward silences that hospital beds are so skilful at creating. I cleared my throat and, after a decent interval, Toby cleared his. "
20 " Why do men confuse innocence with ignorance?' I demanded and he wrinkled his brow.'Because someone who is ignorant of a vice is not tempted to indulge in it.''But may be more easily lured into it,' I said. "
