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Over My Dead Body (Nero Wolfe, #7) QUOTES

Over My Dead Body (Nero Wolfe, #7) QUOTES

1 " When an international financier is confronted by a holdup man with a gun, he automatically hands over not only his money and jewelry but also his shirt and pants, because it doesn't occur to him that a robber might draw the line somewhere. "

― Rex Stout , Over My Dead Body (Nero Wolfe, #7)

2 " As I trotted down the hall, Fritz was holding the street door open and three people were entering in the shape of a sandwich – a dick, Zorka, and another dick. "

― Rex Stout , Over My Dead Body (Nero Wolfe, #7)

3 " Wolfe could get sentimental about it if he wanted to, but I don't like any stranger nosing around my private affairs, let alone a nation of 130 million people.-Archie Goodwin "

― Rex Stout , Over My Dead Body (Nero Wolfe, #7)

4 " It strikes me, sir, that you are nearing the point where even a grateful American might tell you to go to the devil.-Nero Wolfe to an FBI Agent "

― Rex Stout , Over My Dead Body (Nero Wolfe, #7)

5 " War doesn’t mature men; it merely pickles them in the brine of disgust and dread. Pfui! "

― Rex Stout , Over My Dead Body (Nero Wolfe, #7)

6 " War doesn’t mature men; it merely pickles them in the brine of disgust and dread. "

― Rex Stout , Over My Dead Body (Nero Wolfe, #7)

7 " A man named Olin Miller has said, “Writing is the hardest way of earning a living, with the possible exception of wrestling alligators. "

― Rex Stout , Over My Dead Body (Nero Wolfe, #7)

8 " In a moment Wolfe said gruffly, "It is faintly encouraging that you are aware that you were stupid. "

― Rex Stout , Over My Dead Body (Nero Wolfe, #7)

9 " My dinner's in an hour, and I don't want to waste time flopping around in a mire of inanities. "

― Rex Stout , Over My Dead Body (Nero Wolfe, #7)