Beth Byers > Quotes

“Once Victor and Violet’s baby is here, will we be calling that one Violet Junior as well?” Jack asked.”
― Beth Byers, Murder By Chocolate

“She didn’t want to slide gently from this world. She wanted to go out with strawberries and champagne on her lips. With her loves holding her hand, and with the surety that she would be missed. The”
― Beth Byers, Murder on the Downs

“Most of the time I believed in God. Most of the time I liked the idea of seeing those we loved again in heaven or whatever came next. Most of the time, I wanted to meet those we’d tried to help after they died and hope they could tell us that we’d done enough.”
― Beth Byers, Pitch Our Evils

“Why would you help us”
― Beth Byers, Spaghetti, Meatballs, & Murder

“she had learned over time that her greyer days were less frequent when got up, got dressed, and exercised.”
― Beth Byers, Murder Under the Full Moon: A Violet Carlyle Historical Mystery

“but she knew if she stayed in alone and undistracted, she’d find herself truly blue.”
― Beth Byers, Murder, Perhaps

“If someone doesn’t second-guess their qualifications at least upon occasion, we have to wonder if they’re connected to reality at all.”
― Beth Byers, A Jolly Little Murder

“I only cared that she was a good kid. The heart of this person—she was lovely. Humanity needed to spend more time telling people that. We needed to spend more time thanking the people in our lives.”
― Beth Byers, Poison & Pie

“Just imagine dying old and alone and always wondering what would have happened if you had just been brave.”
― Beth Byers, Meddlesome Madness

“Obsessing over the little things until they became huge, and then suddenly her days turned gray and her mood soured.”
― Beth Byers, A Tender Little Murder

“This world was not made for women. And it certainly wasn’t made for mothers who had to look after themselves and their babies.”
― Beth Byers, Pitch Our Evils

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― Beth Byers, Candlelit Madness

“The events of Valentine’s evening and the jewel thief referenced in the first chapter are available in Mystery on Valentine’s Day co-written with the fabulous Lee Strauss.”
― Beth Byers, Love & Murder

“Georgette had wished for nothing more than to be wanted by someone”
― Beth Byers, Death Misconstrued

“found that celebrating the holidays when you can didn’t ruin a thing if you chose not to let it.”
― Beth Byers, Silver Bells & Murder

“Or, I don’t know. It’s like anything can build the story of horror in my head. I’m almost surprised I haven’t had nightmares about rampaging elephants or tigers yet, but now that I’ve said it—I probably will.”
― Beth Byers, Murder Under the Full Moon: A Violet Carlyle Historical Mystery

“She’s all lemon juice and vinegar.”
― Beth Byers, Spaghetti, Meatballs, & Murder

“Whenever you want to interfere, imagine that Jane is a brother instead of a sister. If Jane were a man, would it be suffocating or unfair or ridiculous if you acted on that desire to interfere? If so, don’t.”
― Beth Byers, The Uncountable Cost of Mystery

“like a good butler should,”
― Beth Byers, Christmas Madness

“There’s nothing wrong with making friends across all races and stations. I think the quibble point comes when you romanticize the struggles of another without understanding them.”
― Beth Byers, A Jazzy Little Murder

“myself.”
― Beth Byers, Tea & Temptation

“The things men do to each other can be awful. The things men do for each other can be wonderful. I wasn’t in the trenches, thank god, but I saw men throw themselves over the body of a friend, one life for another. The good things aren’t exclusive to war heroism, either. People are heroic and kind and beautiful every day.”
― Beth Byers, Kennington House Murder