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1 " When I'd eaten my burger, I started on my lemon meringue milkshake. It was amazing to drink something I'd only ever eaten before. Like swimming when you're expecting to walk, "
― Sally Andrew
2 " He liked me just the way I was. That's what he told me anyway, and I believed him. Maybe he had enjoyed another woman's cake, but cake is just cake, after all. Anyone can bake a cake if they had a good recipe. "
― Sally Andrew , The Milk Tart Murders (Tannie Maria Mystery #4)
3 " My neighbour bought a friend. A man with a donkey. He didn't bring the donkey along because it dislikes children, as sometimes kicks them, which he thought may put a dampener on things. This was very considerate of him, as he is extremely attached to his donkey. "
4 " I'd given up on the NGK dominee's God a while back. But when I listened to people talking about their HP (Higher Power), I realised God may not be a big, bossy guy with a white beard. She might be a quiet inner voice. "
5 " Listen to any message that your Higher Power may be sending you.", Ricus said.But all I heard was a bleating sheep. "
6 " Can I bring you some of my sourdough starter. Would you like that?" Hattie raised an eyebrow at me. "I don't know," I said. "It is quite a commitment. I had some before and I didn't look after it. It died and I felt terrible". "
7 " It felt good to help a girl and her friend. Friends can be trusted. A hen hopped onto the stoep and made a comforting, throaty noise. I threw it a handful of crushed mielies and the other hens came running too. Friends and hens can be trusted. "
8 " The cheese burger was the fuel I needed, but I didn't enjoy it much. It has been made too fast, with little love. "
9 " My hand went straight to the rusk tin, but then my brain said, "Face your stuff, don't stuff your face. "
10 " I made coffee and tea for Jessie and Hats and me, and we each took a marmalade rusk. Overeater Anonymous came from far away, probably America. They wouldn't understand about rusks. If you live in South Africa, you know that rusks are not stuffing your face - they are a way of life. It is just bad manners not to have one with your coffee. "
11 " There was a poster advertising a film that was showing that evening. "Survival of the Fattest", it was called. It sounded like my kind of film. It isn't healthy to be skinny. Especially in the dry Karoo. "
12 " Once you get him out of your house, you can celebrate with yogurt berry cake. Invite a friend over. Or just enjoy the cake alone. A cake can be trusted. It will never let you down. "
13 " Sometimes news travels faster than the things that are actually happening. I was once told of an old lady’s death before she died. But she did die, the next day, so she managed to catch up with the news. "
― Sally Andrew , Recipes for Love and Murder (Tannie Maria Mystery, #1)
14 " If a man treats a woman so badly that she ends her own life, it’s like he has killed her twice: her heart and then her body. "
15 " Helmina,' said Tannie Engels, 'you always keep the shiny side up. But you can't make gold from cow shit.''Ma...''It makes good compost,' I said. 'Cow dung "
16 " RECIPE FOR MURDER 1 stocky man who abuses his wife 1 small tender wife 1 medium-sized tough woman in love with the wife 1 double-barrelled shotgun 1 small Karoo town marinated in secrets 3 bottles of Klipdrift brandy 3 little ducks 1 bottle of pomegranate juice 1 handful of chilli peppers 1 mild gardener 1 fire poker 1 red-hot New Yorker 7 Seventh-day Adventists (prepared for The End of the World) 1 hard-boiled investigative journalist 1 soft amateur detective 2 cool policemen 1 lamb 1 handful of red herrings and suspects mixed together Pinch of greed Throw all the ingredients into a big pot and simmer slowly, stirring with a wooden spoon for a few years. Add the ducks, chillies and brandy towards the end and turn up the heat. "
17 " For healing to take place, we need to face up to what we have done, as well as what has been done to us. We need to confess the whole truth. "
― Sally Andrew , The Satanic Mechanic (Tannie Maria Mystery, #2)
