Ashley Gardner > Quotes

“But perhaps peace was not in a place but within one's self.”
― Ashley Gardner, Captain Lacey Regency Mysteries Volume Two

“Sometimes there is no comfort, only the knowledge that the worst has happened.”
― Ashley Gardner, The Hanover Square Affair

“A good book is like a good friend, do you know, Lacey? One you can turn to when the night is cold and you are lonely. And there is old Herodotus, standing ready to regale me with tales of his travels.”
― Ashley Gardner, Captain Lacey Regency Mysteries Volume Two

“He shook his head. “Not a bit of it. When I arrived, I was small and dark and ugly. The perfect quarry for every bully. And then, one day, I grew tired of it. I had discovered that sarcasm and wit could be far more effective than fists. The duller-brained the boy, the more others laughed at my bons mots. And so I became a nasty bit of goods in my own way, fighting with words where I could not fight with fists.”
― Ashley Gardner, Captain Lacey Regency Mysteries Volume Two

“Life is long, my young friend. Do not make it more difficult than it already has to be.”
― Ashley Gardner, The Sudbury School Murders

“The room was rather anonymous, with fashionable upholstered Sheraton chairs in a salmon-colored stripe and studded wood, salmon-colored swags on the windows, and cream silk on the walls. Nothing personal marred the room, as though the house’s inhabitants had ordered the furnishing to be as elegant yet innocuous as possible.”
― Ashley Gardner, Captain Lacey Regency Mysteries Volume Two

“I have never been married. The married women of my acquaintance rarely speak of their husbands at all, except as a nuisance to be borne.”
― Ashley Gardner, Captain Lacey Regency Mysteries Volume One

“Perhaps the choice was neither right nor wrong. It only existed.”
― Ashley Gardner, Captain Lacey Regency Mysteries Volume One

“Poetry can be tedious. Too many words to say a simple thing.”
― Ashley Gardner, Captain Lacey Regency Mysteries Volume Two

“Hmm," I said. "Nuisance" at least sounded affectionate. My wife had been alternately terrified of or furious with me.”
― Ashley Gardner, Captain Lacey Regency Mysteries Volume One

“Did I envy a man who could afford to throw away an expensive piece of paper on a short note, or think him a fool? In any case, I carefully tore the clean end of the sheet from the written area and tucked it into my drawer to save for my own letters.”
― Ashley Gardner, Captain Lacey Regency Mysteries Volume One

“better than sedate trots”
― Ashley Gardner, Murder in Grosvenor Square

“She ate with good manners, using the knife in the French way to push things onto her fork. She”
― Ashley Gardner, Captain Lacey Regency Mysteries Volume Two

“Sebastian”
― Ashley Gardner, The Sudbury School Murders

“I admired Grenville’s ability to brush aside bad encounters and continue serenely with his day, as though no one could possibly upset him. Perhaps he was practiced because he’d been raised to it, but I’d never learned the art of it, and doubted I ever would.”
― Ashley Gardner, Captain Lacey Regency Mysteries Volume Two

“A man’s character and honor made him stand above others, not his religion or strata in life.”
― Ashley Gardner, The Thames River Murders

“told”
― Ashley Gardner, A Regimental Murder

“at the wide wooden table, sharpening my knives.  A cook’s knives are her greatest asset, and if they go dull, they are no use at all and should be replaced. As decent knives are hideously expensive, I kept mine in good repair. I did not trust anyone with”
― Ashley Gardner, A Soupçon of Poison

“I was torn between anger and amusement.”
― Ashley Gardner, Captain Lacey Regency Mysteries Volume Two

“to the girl. “Ha’penny,” he muttered. To me, he said, “I know why your nose is so long, Cap’n. You use it to poke into business ’tisn’t yours.” “True.” I touched the”
― Ashley Gardner, Captain Lacey Regency Mysteries Volume Two

“He shrugged. “I don’t know either. I can’t read Frog-speak.”
― Ashley Gardner, Captain Lacey Regency Mysteries Volume Two

“To live your whole life for someone”
― Ashley Gardner, A Body in Berkeley Square

“stay. I nearly asked to see her again. Just to talk, I wanted to say. To talk to someone who enjoys listening.”
― Ashley Gardner, Captain Lacey Regency Mysteries Volume Two

“Others rioted simply because it focused their anger and disgust at something other than the tediousness of their lives.”
― Ashley Gardner, Captain Lacey Regency Mysteries Volume Two

“But I am an aristocrat and have the excuse of being removed from my fellow beings. You must strive to be utterly respectable, and yet, you do not always bother. I believe that is why I like you.”
― Ashley Gardner, Past Crimes: A Compendium of Historical Mysteries

“percipience.”
― Ashley Gardner, A Disappearance in Drury Lane

“to wearing secondhand clothes and enjoying brandy gifted to us by a wealthy acquaintance. Out of place, wondering how this came to be, and not knowing what to do with ourselves.”
― Ashley Gardner, Past Crimes: A Compendium of Historical Mysteries

“What bloody man is that, sir?” I tossed the paper in the grate, though there was no fire on this warm summer day. “Bartholomew, you are quoting from Macbeth, did you know? King Duncan in the first scene, which is ominous. He died rather horribly soon after.”
― Ashley Gardner, Captain Lacey Regency Mysteries Volume Two

“how much grief a person can bestow when they are fixed on one course.”
― Ashley Gardner, A Body in Berkeley Square

“When I was in a traveling company, we slept seven or eight to a bed such as this, too tired to do anything but snore.”
― Ashley Gardner, Past Crimes: A Compendium of Historical Mysteries