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Flying Too High (Phryne Fisher, #2) QUOTES

Flying Too High (Phryne Fisher, #2) QUOTES

1 " ... with all the sweetness of a chocolate-coated razor-blade. "

― Kerry Greenwood , Flying Too High (Phryne Fisher, #2)

2 " It was always easier to genuinely praise than to try and find something nice to say about rubbish. "

― Kerry Greenwood , Flying Too High (Phryne Fisher, #2)

3 " Dot wondered how she was to mention Phryne’s habit of strewing her boudoir with beautiful naked young men. She could not think of a method of introducing the subject and decided to leave it to Phryne to cope with. "

― Kerry Greenwood , Flying Too High (Phryne Fisher, #2)

4 " 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)

5 " Miss Phryne Fisher. Investigations. 221B, The Esplanade, St Kilda,’ read Bunji. ‘You becoming a private Dick, eh? What larks! And what luck about the address.’ ‘It wasn’t luck, I just added a B to 221. I bought the house for the number. You must drop in and see me, Bunji. Now come upstairs and we’ll find you a gown. "

― Kerry Greenwood , Flying Too High (Phryne Fisher, #2)

6 " Champagne,’ she added to the hovering wine waiter. ‘The Widow ’23. "

― Kerry Greenwood , Flying Too High (Phryne Fisher, #2)

7 " Thus she found herself in an office the size of a cupboard sitting opposite Detective-inspector Robinson. He looked quite pleased to see her—‘Call me Jack, Miss Fisher, everyone does’—and offered her a cup of tea. Phryne had tasted police-station tea before, but accepted it anyway. "

― Kerry Greenwood , Flying Too High (Phryne Fisher, #2)