Karin Kaufman > Quotes

“I don't have any big adventures."
"But of course you have big adventures," Papa said. You have adventures of all sorts, all the time."
"Not like Radish in the Book of Tales," Geraldine said, scuffing a toe along the ground. "I could never be like Radish."
"No, you don't have adventures exactly like Radish," Papa said. "But that's because you're not Radish and you must have your own adventures. All creatures must."
"Happy ones?" Geraldine asked.
"In the end, yes. But they won't all seem that way at first. They'll have unexpected twists and turns. You must let them play out to the end, like a story in the Book of Tales. Follow God, speak to him and listen to him, and all tales will be beautiful in their time.”
― Karin Kaufman, The Adventures of Geraldine Woolkins

“Her gun was twenty seconds away, her friends three minutes, and the police five minutes. Her choice was obvious.”
― Karin Kaufman, The Witch Tree

“She’d passed sentence on God two years ago, and she fed her doubts of Him daily, taking care they didn’t shrivel and die.”
― Karin Kaufman, The Witch Tree

“Cheaters and liars. We can't trust any of them to be truthful. Could we have missed a suspect?”
― Karin Kaufman, Cheating Death

“Did you see who the two people were who hid the witch hats in your yard?” “It was Tyler and Jenny Hannaford,”
― Karin Kaufman, Death of a Scavenger

“So why were they on the same team for the scavenger hunt? Jenny, Tyler, Olivia—none of them liked Maureen.”
― Karin Kaufman, Death of a Scavenger

“He’s my financial adviser in real life,” Nora said. “He’s here with his wife, Sheila, but you’ll meet her later.”
― Karin Kaufman, At Death's Door

“He’s staying at the Lilac Lane Bed and Breakfast—under the name Joe Smith.”
― Karin Kaufman, Death of a Dead Man

“I never thought myself as being afraid of the dark, but murder put dark in a whole new perspective.”
― Karin Kaufman, Scared to Death

“Yes,”
― Karin Kaufman, The Adventures of Geraldine Woolkins

“Justin Miller won the last two years in a row, before Maureen took over. Though he won for biggest pumpkin this year, so he wasn’t completely left out. Maureen doesn’t grow her own.”
― Karin Kaufman, Death of a Scavenger

“The editor in chief of this rag, Jillian Newsome.” “I don’t get the paper,” I said, taking it from Julia’s hand and setting it on the table before me.”
― Karin Kaufman, Death of a Dead Man

“Is Tyler Hannaford a vegetarian?” I asked. “Not that I know of, but I think he was just as angry at Maureen as Jenny was.”
― Karin Kaufman, Death of a Scavenger

“Anne Rightler. She lives at Aspen Glen, an assisted living home, but Nora invites her for dinner once a month and on holidays. I don’t think she wants her climbing the stairs.”
― Karin Kaufman, At Death's Door

“I’ll tell you who else has a motive. Jenny Hannaford. There was trouble between her and Maureen in the Juniper Grove Vegetarian Society.”
― Karin Kaufman, Death of a Scavenger

“The bank’s vice president and Foster’s partner in crime, Mitch Dillard, disappeared at the same time, though Dillard’s body was found in the Blue River the next day. Foster’s body was never found.”
― Karin Kaufman, Death of a Dead Man

“Folded neatly at the foot of the bed was a stunning ivory and red quilt, and on top of it, as if it had been casually tossed there, was Nora’s miniature. CHAPTER”
― Karin Kaufman, At Death's Door

“Newsome asked Smith who was paying him to write those notes.” “You’re joking.” “That’s confirmation he’s the note writer, if we had any doubt. But that means Newsome didn’t arrange this stunt. Someone else did.”
― Karin Kaufman, Death of a Dead Man

“Kendra is a cataloger and runs the Juniper Grove branch of the Front Range Historical Society, Ben lectures in history at Northern Colorado Community College and he’s writing his PhD dissertation on St. Vrain, Dominic insures art and historical records, and Sheila works at home for a rare books and manuscripts dealer in Fort Collins.”
― Karin Kaufman, At Death's Door

“Blue like a robin’s egg, under the tree. Look for it now, it holds the key.’” “Where did you get that?”
― Karin Kaufman, Death of a Scavenger

“The Wallaces and Larsons are always at each other. But what it comes down to every time is money, which is hilarious since they all have more of it than most people.”
― Karin Kaufman, At Death's Door

“I think it’s possible Aiden killed George. He blamed him for his father’s death.”
― Karin Kaufman, Death of a Dead Man

“He and Ben Wallace got into a pretty heated argument.” “Not for the first time. See, Dominic controls the actual money, but Kendra controls the asset money—you know, the historical stuff in the documents room. Both of them want it all.”
― Karin Kaufman, At Death's Door

“The redhead is Sheila Larson, Dominic’s wife,” Julia whispered.”
― Karin Kaufman, At Death's Door

“Kendra and Ben consider themselves the experts. She’s the cataloger with a degree and he’s a lecturer in history, writing a book on this St. Vrain guy. Experts, see? They want Nora’s money so they can preserve her collection and even buy more historical stuff. But Dominic thinks they’re wasting her money—and it’s money he wants to invest and make a commission on.”
― Karin Kaufman, At Death's Door

“Forgiving someone never alters what they did. That never changes."

(Bitter Roots)”
― Karin Kaufman

“Don’t leave Maureen’s husband out of your investigation. Kirk Nicholson had as much reason to kill her as anyone else. She was soaking him in a divorce.” CHAPTER 5 After talking to Gina, my list of suspects in the murder of Maureen Nicholson grew, and it now included her husband, Kirk.”
― Karin Kaufman, Death of a Scavenger

“window”
― Karin Kaufman, The Adventures of Geraldine Woolkins

“Did Maureen go off on her own?” I asked Olivia. “She must have.”
― Karin Kaufman, Death of a Scavenger

“She was seventy-five, Julia had told me, but the woman I saw heading our way moved briskly, with the strong, smooth gait of youth.”
― Karin Kaufman, At Death's Door