Jessica Ellicott > Quotes

“The way the world is filling up with books, it seems every Tom, Dick, Harry and their uncles are writing them. I see no reason why I shouldn’t toss my hat in the ring. Do you?”
― Jessica Ellicott, Murder Cuts the Mustard

“I’m not saying you ought to expect it, because that would be a very discouraging way to go through life. What I am saying is that should it happen again, you should feel emboldened to speak up for yourself. You do not need to endure such sort of behavior.”
― Jessica Ellicott, Murder Through the English Post

“don’t think you should ever feel bad about missing your home or your friends. I think it speaks volumes about how much you love the life you’ve created for yourself.”
― Jessica Ellicott, Murder at a London Finishing School

“That’s the spirit.”
― Jessica Ellicott, Murder Through the English Post

“what fun were mistakes if you kept making the same ones? She vastly preferred all new mistakes.”
― Jessica Ellicott, Murder Cuts the Mustard

“Crumpet could curl up next to her. She was not sure why his wiry fur was so soothing when she stroked his scruffy head, but that was simply how love worked,”
― Jessica Ellicott, Murder Through the English Post

“They were unsurprisingly looking for some sort of hope of their own, and it would take only the right sort of leader to light a fire that would burn them all.”
― Jessica Ellicott, Murder at a London Finishing School

“I firmly believe that within reason, of course, imbibing in strong drink only encourages what is already lurking under the surface. You are a sleeping tiger on the inside,”
― Jessica Ellicott, Murder Flies the Coop

“pair of knitting needles,”
― Jessica Ellicott, Murder Through the English Post

“equality for women”
― Jessica Ellicott, Murder Through the English Post

“To the casual acquaintance, Beryl appeared a good ten years younger than her age, an admirable state of affairs she attributed to a love of quality gin and an adamant refusal to bear children to any of her ex-husbands.”
― Jessica Ellicott, Murder in an English Village

“equal rights for women,”
― Jessica Ellicott, Murder Through the English Post

“woman making her way in an unorthodox profession.”
― Jessica Ellicott, Murder Through the English Post

“As so often happened in the village, Beryl had noticed that there were undercurrents and unspoken histories flowing between people. It was something she had never experienced herself, and whenever it occurred, it left her feeling a little hollow inside, as if there was a part of life that she had missed out on by being so eager to ramble from place to place.”
― Jessica Ellicott, Murder Comes to Call

“She resolved to carry her cup to the back garden and to sit upon a bench in the summerhouse where Crumpet could curl up next to her. She was not sure why his wiry fur was so soothing when she stroked his scruffy head, but that was simply how love worked, wasn’t it? Inexplicable and utterly comforting.”
― Jessica Ellicott, Murder Through the English Post

“She rather prided herself on her capacity to enjoy several of the seven deadly sins.”
― Jessica Ellicott, Murder Cuts the Mustard

“it was that the war years had made stability and predictability such rare and fleeting treasures.”
― Jessica Ellicott, Murder at a London Finishing School

“Despite the organization’s efforts to support modern attitudes towards the place of women in the world, she couldn’t help but sense an underlying patriarchy lurking in the shadows.”
― Jessica Ellicott, Murder in an English Glade

“quality gin is the reason for my glowing complexion and unflagging vivacity.”
― Jessica Ellicott, Murder Flies the Coop

“suicide is a crime,”
― Jessica Ellicott, Murder Through the English Post