Hy Conrad > Quotes

“No, no. I trust your judgement. Implicitly. You're just wrong.”
― Hy Conrad, Mr. Monk Helps Himself

“Did you know that Jesse James was shot while he was standing on a chair, dusting the top of a picture frame?” “You must have mixed feelings about that,” I suggested. He nodded vigorously. “I know. On the one hand, a cold-blooded killer was finally brought down. On the other hand . . . he was dusting!” “Wasn’t he also shot in the back?” “Sure, but that’s not the important part. The man was dusting. What kind of coward shoots a man when he’s dusting?” “I wonder if he finished the entire frame.” “My question exactly. I wrote a letter to the True West Historical Society but they never replied.”
― Hy Conrad, Mr. Monk Helps Himself

“Monk might have even written a message on the cloth, using the AG-7 astronaut pen he always carried in his jacket. But I didn’t need a message. I knew.”
― Hy Conrad, Mr. Monk Helps Himself

“Love isn’t about having someone who’s perfect. It’s about having someone who’s perfect for you.”
― Hy Conrad, Mr. Monk Is Open For Business

“The past is comforting, Natalie. It's comforting because we survived it.”
― Hy Conrad, Mr. Monk and the New Lieutenant

“People look at you a certain way and somehow you wind up being that way.”
― Hy Conrad, Mr. Monk and the New Lieutenant