M. Ruth Myers > Quotes

“...the coldness settling in his stomach confirmed a truth that had been hiding at the back of his mind. He sat devastated by it, wondering how he could be such a fool. He and Kate were so far apart he might as well be in love with the moon.”
― M Ruth Myers

“Indifferent to my questions the city around me kept its routine.”
― M. Ruth Myers, No Game For a Dame

“leave her out of this’ that it”
― M. Ruth Myers, No Game For a Dame

“     “Anything in this list of deliveries catch your eye?” I asked.      “One can’t type well and think about what one’s typing.  Let me have a look.”
― M. Ruth Myers, No Game For a Dame

“   Liking somebody’s not the same as trusting them.”
― M. Ruth Myers, Tough Cookie

“   The Great Miami had brought the first settlers straggling up from Cincinnati, and like most river towns, the city had gown up along”
― M. Ruth Myers, Tough Cookie

“Two old maids who wanted to hire me had asked me to tea, so I’d treated my nails to a fresh coat of raspberry pink and put on a hat that matched and a Smith & Wesson that didn’t.”
― M. Ruth Myers, Don't Dare a Dame

“One hint the establishment wasn’t the classiest came from its neon sign. Sputtering in the front window, it proclaimed ST. GEORGE HOT, the final EL having burned out.”
― M. Ruth Myers, Don't Dare a Dame