Carolyn Keene > Quotes

“Read, read, read. That's all I can say.”
― Carolyn Keene, The Secret of the Old Clock

“Do act mysterious. It always keeps them coming back for more.”
― Carolyn Keene, Nancy's Mysterious Letter

“Nancy, every place you go, it seems as if mysteries just pile up one after another.”
― Carolyn Keene, The Message in the Hollow Oak

“I love Nancy Drew!”
― Carolyn Keene, The Clue of the Tapping Heels

“Not many girls would have used their wits the way you did," the officer observed.”
― Carolyn Keene, The Secret of the Old Clock

“I don't promise to forget the mystery, but I know I'll have a marvelous time.”
― Carolyn Keene, Nancy's Mysterious Letter

“Chuckling to herself, Nancy said aloud, "Romance and detective work won't mix tonight!”
― Carolyn Keene, The Bungalow Mystery

“Ned said "Nancy Drew is the best girl detective in the whole world!"
"Don't you believe him," Nancy said quickly. "I have solved some mysteries, I'll admit, and I enjoy it, but I'm sure there are many other girls who could do the same.”
― Carolyn Keene, Nancy's Mysterious Letter

“Again time elapsed.”
― Carolyn Keene, The Secret of the Old Clock

“Bess stepped back and looked at Nancy admiringly. 'Your hunches are so often right it startles me.”
― Carolyn Keene, The Whispering Statue

“I just know that any time I undertake a case, I'm apt to run into some kind of a trap.”
― Carolyn Keene, The Clue of the Broken Locket

“We could certainly use a detective. And I've got to hand it to you, Nancy - you sure can keep your head.”
― Carolyn Keene, The Secret of Shadow Ranch

“Bell seated himself behind the desk, motioning for Nancy to stand opposite him. There was tense silence for a moment. Then Bell reached for a desk telephone.
"I am going to call the police, Miss Drew, and turn you over to them on a charge of trespassing, breaking, and entering with an attempt to steal."
"I wish you would," Nancy replied. "if it is possible over that dummy telephone.”
― Carolyn Keene, Password to Larkspur Lane

“She always has close calls when she solves a mystery!”
― Carolyn Keene, The Mystery of the Ivory Charm

“Nancy, an attractive titian blond, grinned up at her friend.”
― Carolyn Keene, The Mystery at Lilac Inn

“Do act mysterious. It always keeps them coming back for more”
― Carolyn Keene

“Luther, bring the gatekeeper quickly!" Bell ordered. "Just how did you get in, Miss Drew?"
"I came in at the entrance," Nancy replied. "The larkspur is beautiful.”
― Carolyn Keene, Password to Larkspur Lane

“Nancy, you're a whiz, as I've often told you," her friend declared.”
― Carolyn Keene, The Secret of Red Gate Farm

“I'll wire the International Federation of American Homing Pigeon Fanciers and give them the number stamped on the bird's leg ring.”
― Carolyn Keene, Password to Larkspur Lane

“What a charming place!” Bess remarked, as they reached a small, white, two-story colonial house surrounded by a white picket fence with a gate. Flowers, especially old-fashioned American varieties, grew in profusion in the front yard.”
― Carolyn Keene, The Clue in the Old Stagecoach

“The others laughed and Burt said, "All you need are girls who paddle like boys, and you're set!”
― Carolyn Keene (Mildred Wirt Benson), The Secret of the Golden Pavilion

“I have a hunch from reading about old passageways that there may be one or more rooms off this tunnel," Nancy told Captain Rossland.”
― Carolyn Keene, The Hidden Staircase

“Next, he showed the girls a narrow Incan street. Both sides of it had high stone walls and the driver stopped so the visitors could walk down a short distance to see the famous twelve-sided stone which was part of it. Each girl counted the sides and marveled at the way the ancient stonecutters had trimmed this enormous rock to accommodate the ones fitted around it. The young tourists noticed that all the stones were so perfectly fitted that there was not one single opening or crack between them. Not even an earthquake could damage this amazing artisanship!”
― Carolyn Keene, The Clue in the Crossword Cipher

“NANCY DREW began peeling off her garden gloves as she ran up the porch steps and into the hall to answer the ringing telephone. She picked it up and said, “Hello!”
― Carolyn Keene, The Hidden Staircase

“I'm Fred Mathews”
― Carolyn Keene, The Secret of the Old Clock

“George received permission to go, then Bess called her house. Mrs. Marvin said her daughter might accompany Nancy, and added that if Mr. Drew had not already chosen a place for them to stay, she would recommend the Long View Motel on top of the hill overlooking Deep River and the valley.”
― Carolyn Keene, The Moonstone Castle Mystery

“Was it a threat, or a well-meant warning?”
― Carolyn Keene, The Secret of Shadow Ranch

“Strauss! Oh yes, he was so-so. He wrote pretty music- The Blue Danube and Tales from the Vienna Woods. But what is that compared to Mozart?'

Suddenly, Bess and George spotted Nancy coming towards them. 'Nancy!' the cousins chimed simultaneously and raced toward her.

'I see our bus driver is still at it.' Nancy grinned.

'All the way from Salzburg." George groaned.

'Did he run off the road again?'

'Not once but many times,' Bess said. 'It was awful. Once he got so angry because someone compared Beethoven to Mozart that he actually stopped the bus, ran outside, and shouted into the valley, Beethoven is a bore. Mozart is sublime. Over and over. The professor had to go out and drag him back to the bus.”
― Carolyn Keene, Captive Witness

“Snoopy Ned Nickerson went to the cupboard
To find Nancy Drew a clue.
But when he got there,
Each cupboard was bare
And so there was no clue for Drew.”
― Carolyn Keene

“Before she turned around to face him, she wiped away the tears that had started down her cheeks. Nancy didn’t cry much, but when she did, she cried in private.”
― Carolyn Keene, The Stolen Kiss