Sofie Kelly > Quotes

“She held out her right hand, palm up. "Duct tape." She did the same with her other hand. "M&M's. If I can't fix whatever's wrong with those two things, I'm going home and getting back into bed.”
― Sofie Kelly, Sleight of Paw

“You’d rather be known as the librarian who carries her cat in her gym bag?” she retorted.”
― Sofie Kelly, Curiosity Thrilled the Cat

“Duct tape." She did the same with her other hand. "M&M's. If I can't fix whatever's wrong with those two things, I'm going home and getting back into bed.”
― Sofie Kelly, Sleight of Paw

“Being able to walk through walls or disappear weren't the only skills my cats had. They seemed to have an uncanny ability to, well, solve crime. They were like two small, furry Sherlock Holmeses.”
― Sofie Kelly, A Tale of Two Kitties

“Owen suddenly appeared in front of me. "Why is it you understand the word 'pizza' but you don't understand the words 'stay here'? I asked. He gave me a blank, unblinking look. It's hard to win an argument with a cat.”
― Sofie Kelly, The Cats Came Back

“Then I laughed because here I was having a conversation with a cat about having a conversation with a cat.”
― Sofie Kelly, Copycat Killing

“You do see that I have a gun and all you have is a cat, don't you?”
― Sofie Kelly, The Cats Came Back

“The body was smack in the middle of my freshly scrubbed kitchen floor. Fred the Funky Chicken, minus his head.”
― Sofie Kelly, Curiosity Thrilled the Cat

“I’m not sure what I had been expecting; maybe some sort of slow fade-out, the way Alice’s Cheshire Cat had disappeared in Wonderland, until only its smile was left.”
― Sofie Kelly, Curiosity Thrilled the Cat

“have”
― Sofie Kelly, Cat Trick

“dog”
― Sofie Kelly, Faux Paw

“I had never gotten the sense that Ray felt much, if any, remorse for his actions. I thought what he felt bad about was being caught.”
― Sofie Kelly, A Case of Cat and Mouse

“Maggie and Roma were both looking at me, smiling. “What?” I said. “I’d like to climb into your brain and look around,” Roma said. “I always picture it looking like a huge library with shelves full of all the things you know.” Maggie nodded with enthusiasm. “Like the British Museum Reading Room, the original one before they turned it into exhibition space.” “With that gorgeous domed ceiling,” Roma added. “My head’s not that big,” I said. Maggie took a sip of her tea. “It’s dimensionally transcendental.” I frowned at her. “It’s what?” “I can’t believe you don’t know that. Your brain is like a TARDIS, you know, from Doctor Who. On the outside it looks like a police call box from the sixties but it’s a lot bigger on the inside because the inside and the outside exist in separate dimensions.” Roma was nodding. “That would explain why you know so many things. Your brain is so much larger than an ordinary one.” Luckily”
― Sofie Kelly, Whiskers and Lies

“Poor Silas, so concerned for other folk,’” she quoted in her gentle voice. “‘And nothing to look backward to with pride.’” “‘And nothing to look forward to with hope,’” I finished. “The Death of the Hired Man.” Robert Frost. It struck me that in some ways the words fit”
― Sofie Kelly, A Case of Cat and Mouse

“Hitchcock said: ‘There is no terror in the bang, only in the anticipation of it.”
― Sofie Kelly, A Tale of Two Kitties

“You know how to make a bomb?” “I’m a librarian,” I said. “I know all sorts of things.” chapter 20 Things were a blur after that.”
― Sofie Kelly, A Case of Cat and Mouse

“There actually are five types of snow,” I said as I sat down. Maggie smiled. “I love that you know that. What are they?” “Graupel, plates, needles, columns and dendrites.”
― Sofie Kelly, Paws to Remember

“Hi, Kathleen. You know, when I heard the words ‘flour bomb’ I had a feeling I might see you.” He caught sight of Hercules. “And you,” he said. He reached into his back pocket and pulled out half a piece of beef jerky. The cat’s eyes lit up.”
― Sofie Kelly, A Case of Cat and Mouse

“Leedy’s roseroot.”
― Sofie Kelly, Paws and Effect

“No one seemed surprised that Ruby could get Owen and Hercules to pose for her even though cats didn't exactly have a reputation for doing what you wanted them to do when you wanted them to do it - or even doing it at all.”
― Sofie Kelly, The Cats Came Back

“witness.” Olivia reached over to straighten a row of chocolate boxes on the workspace in front of her. “I got there after everything had happened. I didn’t see a thing. The police took us back to the police station and once they figured out that I didn’t know anything that could help them, they drove me home.” She shook her head. “That was the only time I’d ever seen Dayna until last Thursday afternoon.”
― Sofie Kelly, A Midwinter's Tail

“that”
― Sofie Kelly, A Midwinter's Tail

“said with the kind of joking tone that people used when they wanted to say something mean but also wanted to be able to say they were just kidding if anyone called them on it.”
― Sofie Kelly, A Case of Cat and Mouse

“the way she held”
― Sofie Kelly, Cat Trick