Margaret Maron > Quotes

“Every time we start thinking we're the center of the universe, the universe turns around and says with a slightly distracted air, 'I'm sorry. What'd you say your name was again?”
― Margaret Maron, Bootlegger's Daughter

“A woman’s body doesn’t quit just because her heart breaks.”
― Margaret Maron

“Okay,” I say at last. “But you have to teach me how to do animals. I can’t keep myself from wilting when I’m a plant, so I’ve been afraid to try a living form.”
She laughs and shifts into the shape of a large golden retriever and almost licks me to death before I can make her stop.”
― Margaret Maron, Crimes by Moonlight: Mysteries from the Dark Side

“Oh, and last week? I changed into a tiger and scared Tommy Bertram so bad he wet his pants.
Wait’ll he sees my dragon.”
― Margaret Maron, Crimes by Moonlight: Mysteries from the Dark Side

“Roman noticed that both women seemed instinctively opposed to the idea. “David’s the logical choice,” said Ulrike. Eric and Cliff protested, but Rikki overrode them. “It’s less complicated.”
― Margaret Maron, Baby Doll Games

“Punishment’s supposed to deter a person from doing it again, not crush his spirit. And it shouldn’t depend on what color his skin is, what sex he happens to be, or what social class he’s from.”
― Margaret Maron, Bootlegger's Daughter

“dutifully stepped forward with her hand extended. “Hello, I’m Sigrid Harald and you are—?” “Mavis Trogden,” the woman said, beaming. “Mavis Rainey, that was. Your”
― Margaret Maron, The Buzzard Table

“donnikers were down near the Tilt-A-Whirl, convenient”
― Margaret Maron, Slow Dollar

“one of those good people that help hold the world together. They pick up the pieces, clean up the messes, and try to make sure nobody goes to bed hungry. If that makes her sound trivial, try running the world without women like her in it.”
― Margaret Maron, Bootlegger's Daughter

“years”
― Margaret Maron, Killer Market

“That was the danger when one was so innately a teacher,; it was so hard not to lecture.”
― Margaret Maron, One Coffee With

“being stopped and”
― Margaret Maron, Shooting at Loons

“That was the danger when one was so innately a teacher; it was so hard not to lecture.”
― Margaret Maron, One Coffee With

“sternly, and I was stricken myself to realize that Lev Schuster’s Yiddish phrases continued to infect my vocabulary.”
― Margaret Maron, Deborah's Judgement

“potential moneymaker. So yes,”
― Margaret Maron, The Buzzard Table

“weekend.”
― Margaret Maron, Christmas Mourning

“cassis, which she took to her bedroom to drink in private”
― Margaret Maron, Past Imperfect