Margaret Dumas > Quotes

“I’ll walk you home,” Marty said. He was looking at me like I had one blue wire and one red wire and he didn’t know which one to cut.”
― Margaret Dumas, Movie Palace Cozy Mystery Boxed Set: Books 1-3

“It’s not a contest. At least, it’s not a good contest.”
― Margaret Dumas, Movie Palace Cozy Mystery Boxed Set: Books 1-3

“I mean, he told me that the shittiness of Warren having another girlfriend paled in comparison to the epic shittiness of your shitty husband,”
― Margaret Dumas, Movie Palace Cozy Mystery Boxed Set: Books 1-3

“I’ve learned a lot watching Eleanor Powell movies. A lot about finding my own rhythm. A lot about staying plucky and trusting that I’ll get my One Big Break in time for the finale. But I think there’s something more to learn. Something about how she danced. It wasn’t as if no one was watching. No self-help adages for her. She knew everyone was watching. They had no choice. She demanded them to watch, she demanded them to marvel, because she was up there on that stage and she was doing something extraordinary. I want to be more like Eleanor Powell. She danced unpartnered. And she danced with joy.”
― Margaret Dumas, Movie Palace Cozy Mystery Boxed Set: Books 1-3

“I looked up at the sky, the stars dim in the dear-dawn light, and I did what I do best. I worried.”
― Margaret Dumas, Movie Palace Cozy Mystery Boxed Set: Books 1-3

“No, I wasn’t ready to start thinking about a life with someone else. Not until I’d established a life just for me.”
― Margaret Dumas, Movie Palace Cozy Mystery Boxed Set: Books 1-3