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61 " platypuses irresistible proof that God likes a joke as much as anyone else. ‘A platypus is intrinsically much less likely than a unicorn or a sea serpent. "
― Kerry Greenwood , Death by Water (Phryne Fisher, #15)
62 " I remind my American readers that biscuits in England and Australia are crispy flat things such as you call cookies, and the soft doughy things you call biscuits are what we call scones. And they say we speak the same language… "
― Kerry Greenwood , Murder in the Dark (Phryne Fisher, #16)
63 " She looked as plump and self-confident as the city pigeons outside, and as sure of her place. "
― Kerry Greenwood , Flying Too High (Phryne Fisher, #2)
64 " And is it any wonder that the poor woman broke out into fairies when she had been deprived of any fiction in her youth? "
― Kerry Greenwood
65 " To Hell with all racialists,' she said aloud. 'And to Hell with eugenics, degenerate heredity, miscegenation and frauds who pile up skulls like a conqueror as well. May they choke on their bones.' A passing gentleman boggled at her and crossed to the other side of La Trobe Street. 'There is no place for them in the Kingdom of Heaven,' she added, rolling the phrase over her tongue and filing it for future reference. "
― Kerry Greenwood , Ruddy Gore (Phryne Fisher, #7)
66 " I gave chase, and he took a shot at me, so I did the only thing I could in the circumstances…. I stabbed him in the shoulder. "
― Kerry Greenwood , Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries Bundle: Books 1-4
67 " She was always over the horizon, chasing stars. "
68 " Money can’t buy happiness but it can vastly improve the quality of your misery. "
― Kerry Greenwood , Dead Man's Chest (Phryne Fisher, #18)
69 " Good morning, Meroe,' I said, dusting uselessly at my tracksuit pants. 'Might I interest you in today's special, pre-floured kitten? "
70 " The Colonel was far too firmly married and full of military honours to be a threat to Phryne’s virtue, or what remained of it, so she agreed. "
― Kerry Greenwood , Cocaine Blues (Phryne Fisher, #1)
71 " Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom. It is the argument of tyrants: it is the creed of slaves. William Pitt Speech to the House of Commons, 1783 "
― Kerry Greenwood , Unnatural Habits (Phryne Fisher, #19)
72 " Phryne opened her book and sipped her lemonade. Agatha Christie. What a plotter. Phryne wished briefly that the real world was so amenable to being solved. *** "
73 " Tinker wrote neatly, though his spelling was not good, Ruth's recipes would never fail for confusion between 'add sugar' and 'seethe', but Jane's writing looked like an intoxicated inky spider had staggered across the page on the way to the bar for another drink. Which it really didn't need. "
74 " One invited artists to social events, but only for the pleasure of their company. To invite singers or dancers to perform for their supper was inexpressively vulgar, and deserved a prompt and stinging rebuke. "
75 " the folly of men makes me seriously angry. "
76 " not the dead ye have to be concerned about! Beware of the Living! "
77 " They are not aesthetic like a puppy or a kitten. In fact, they always look drunk to me. Look at that one—you’d swear he had been hitting the gin. "
78 " I have a theory that kitchens, once they reach a certain level of complexity, attract new gadgets into their orbit, like planets. "
― Kerry Greenwood , Earthly Delights (Corinna Chapman, #1)
79 " She restored herself with a cocktail and an excellent lobster mayonnaise. Phryne was devoted to lobster mayonnaise, with cucumbers. "
80 " Bert was short and stout. Cec was tall and lanky. Between them, there was nothing that they could not reach. "
― Kerry Greenwood , Death at Victoria Dock (Phryne Fisher, #4)