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1 " She was utterly devoted to the world’s most preposterous dog. "
― T.E. Kinsey , A Picture of Murder (Lady Hardcastle Mysteries, #4)
2 " A stiff upper lip is much less impressive when its stiffness is caused by its being frozen solid. But "
3 " Not then, I couldn’t,’ I said. ‘I was just a frightened eighteen-year-old girl with less sense than the Good Lord gave a cabbage. "
4 " I’ve quite taken against the woman,’ she said. ‘I could easily be persuaded that she would kill three people just to get a decent cup of tea. "
5 " Wouldn’t it be super,’ I said wistfully, ‘if just once we could have a little fun without finding ourselves up to our knees in corpses? "
6 " Every time we think we’ve got the chance to enjoy ourselves, someone comes along and dies. Quite "
7 " I’ve never quite understood the idea of killing someone who upsets you. They can’t be sorry once they’re dead. And even at the moment of their death they might not know it was you who killed them, or why. Far better to ruin them, to make their lives a misery. "
8 " Don’t stop, Barty, mate,’ said Skins, resting his chin on his hand. ‘You carry on with what you’re doin’. We’re all just lookin’ for tips, like. We come seekin’ wooing wisdom. "
9 " We need you bright-eyed and bushy-tailed, or it won’t be fair when we thrash you at cards. "
10 " heaven knows there is much in the modern world that I should like to complain about had I the time to devote to it – but I do wish people like Hughes wouldn’t involve the Lord quite so recklessly in their endeavours. One has to admire the resourcefulness they exhibit in their careful selection of scriptural texts to support their small-mindedness, but it doesn’t always sit well with the Christianity I preach. "
11 " Any port in a storm,’ I said. ‘Well, there’s that, too, but it turns out that I made a splendid choice. "
12 " I could live a long and happy life without either of ’em clutterin’ up the place, to be truthful. "
13 " The trouble is that one of an Englishman’s most treasured freedoms is the freedom to make a confounded nuisance of himself, so we’re obliged to let them get on with it. "
14 " I yield to no man in my admiration of dear Eunice Spratt. "
15 " Especially not witches,’ I agreed. ‘I don’t have the training. "
16 " I think you’d make a rather splendid little witch.’ I frowned. ‘You’re wily. Cunning. Agile "
17 " A sketch is an interpretation of what I see but a photograph is no more than a chemical record of the light reflected from the scene. "
18 " I am professionally bound to treat all my fellow citizens equally, without fear or favour . . . but that blasted woman gives me the pip. "
19 " Mustn’t grumble,’ she said. ‘She mustn’t, but she will anyway, if you gives her half a chance,’ said Miss Jones. "
20 " Better out than in, our ma always used to say,’ said Edna. ‘You shouldn’t bottle things up.’ ‘You could give it a go once in a while,’ said Miss Jones quietly. "
