Carol J. Perry > Quotes

“Karl Smith’s Russian Tea Cakes (Pete’s favorite) 1 cup soft butter
½ cup sifted confectioners’ sugar
1 tsp vanilla
2¼ cups sifted all-purpose flour
¼ tsp salt
¾ finely chopped nuts
(More confectioners’ sugar for finishing) Mix together thoroughly the butter, confectioners’ sugar and vanilla. Sift together the flour and salt and stir into the butter/sugar mixture. Add chopped nuts. Chill dough. Roll into one-inch balls and place them 2½ inches apart on an ungreased baking sheet. Bake at 400 degrees until set, but not brown—about 10 to 12 minutes. While still warm, roll in confectioners’ sugar. Cool. Roll in confectioners’ sugar again. Makes about 4 dozen 1½-inch cookies.”
― Carol J. Perry, Murder Go Round

“May, there I was, knee deep in weeds—including some hay fever–inducing goldenrod”
― Carol J. Perry, Final Exam

“is?” “Someone is determined to”
― Carol J. Perry, Death Scene

“My own collection of mascara wands, eyebrow pencils, lip, lid and blusher brushes were stored on the lavender vanity top in an antique sun-purpled Victorian glass spoon holder.”
― Carol J. Perry, Grave Errors

“Hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things, and no good thing ever dies.”
― Carol J. Perry, Look Both Ways

“I’m a reference librarian. I have a master’s degree in prying.”
― Carol J. Perry, Murder, Take Two

“pizza-scented candles.”
― Carol J. Perry, Late Checkout

“Maxfield Parrish.”
― Carol J. Perry, Grave Errors

“Tabitha Trumbull’s Vanilla Bread Pudding”
― Carol J. Perry, Grave Errors

“I consecrate this deck to bring light wherever there is darkness,” River said, “and I dedicate this deck for guidance and wisdom for myself and others for the highest good for all concerned.”
― Carol J. Perry, 'Til Death

“Tabitha Trumbull, Aunt Ibby, and Pete’s Mother’s Ambrosia Fruit Salad (updated)”
― Carol J. Perry, It Takes a Coven

“Tabitha Trumbull’s Cowboy Cookies”
― Carol J. Perry, Grave Errors

“TABITHA TRUMBULL’S GRAPE-NUTS PUDDING”
― Carol J. Perry, Final Exam

“Aunt Ibby’s Never-Fail Meringue”
― Carol J. Perry, Bells, Spells, and Murders

“She raised her glass of Chablis. “To all readers everywhere, may their tribe increase.”
― Carol J. Perry, Murder, Take Two

“Aunt Ibby’s Slow Cooker Coq au Vin”
― Carol J. Perry, Murder, Take Two

“It’s very handy, having a reference librarian for an aunt. My own live-in, human Google.”
― Carol J. Perry, It Takes a Coven

“ginger pancakes with orange sauce.”
― Carol J. Perry, Final Exam

“mid-century fiberglass lampshades—you know the kind, with atomic designs,”
― Carol J. Perry, 'Til Death

“My favorite nighttime radio station was running one of those old Somewhere in Time Art Bell shows. Art was discussing the possibility of a comet someday hitting our planet.”
― Carol J. Perry, Murder Go Round

“All that we see or seem, is but a
Dream within a dream.” Edgar Allan Poe”
― Carol J. Perry, Bells, Spells, and Murders

“My mental flowchart was a mess.”
― Carol J. Perry, Late Checkout

“cream-cheese-and-olive-on-rye-bread mini-sandwich.”
― Carol J. Perry, Murder, Take Two

“AUNT IBBY’S GINGER PANCAKES WITH LEMON SAUCE”
― Carol J. Perry, Final Exam

“A panoramic view of Chestnut Street—sometimes called the most architecturally perfect street in America”
― Carol J. Perry, It Takes a Coven

“How about an ostentation of peacocks? A parliament of owls. A knot of frogs or a skulk of foxes?”
― Carol J. Perry, It Takes a Coven

“Aunt Ibby’s Peanut Butter Banana Smoothie (Aunt Ibby calls it “The Elvis”)”
― Carol J. Perry, It Takes a Coven

“We’re doing coffee ice cream with chocolate sauce and shortbread cookies for dessert. Want some?”
― Carol J. Perry, High Spirits

“Dear child, I’m a reference librarian. I have a master’s degree in prying.”
― Carol J. Perry, Murder, Take Two

“Maine as we can. Boothbay Harbor, Kennebunkport, maybe even all the way up to Mount Desert to catch the country’s earliest sunrise.”
― Carol J. Perry, 'Til Death