Cozy Quotes

“She craved a tall glass of the fresh-squeezed lemonade from the pitcher she’d left chilling in the fridge. Two glasses served with a generous slice of pound cake with orange glaze icing sounded twice as nice.”
― Ed Lynskey, Fur the Win

“Nozy Cat lifted one sleepy eyelid, and his marble blue eye glared at her for interrupting his sacred nap. He wore a yellow collar with little red stars printed on it. His second eyelid also opened, and he gave them his irritated blue-eyed glare.”
― lyn key, Nozy Cat 1

“There’s nothing as cozy as a piece of candy and a book.”
― Betty MacDonald, Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle's Magic

“I have lived one step away from losing my mind for years. I am quick and accurate in spotting unstable streaks in others.”
― Charlaine Harris, Shakespeare's Landlord

“Quote is taken from Chapter 1:

A decade ago when Isabel’s husband Max had died, they’d moved in together and merged their possessions. Neither sister brought any fussy teapots, canaries, sachets, or doilies, but lots of other stuff had to either stay or go. Looking at the lime green armchair gave Alma the willies. Her suggestion to slipcover it in a more subdued color had garnered Isabel’s frosty stare, and Alma had dropped the matter.”
― Ed Lynskey, Quiet Anchorage

“Quote taken from Chapter 1 of The Corpse Wore Gingham:

"You love to figure out things as much as I do,” Piper said.

“Like what?” Bill asked.

“You fix broken stuff,” Piper replied.

“Repairing a broken toaster or steam iron is far different than unraveling a murder mystery," Bill said.”
― Ed Lynskey, The Corpse Wore Gingham

“At this season of the year, darkness is a more insistent thing than cold. The days are short as any dream.”
― E.B. White, Essays of E.B. White

“i want to
stay curled and cosied
and chocolated....forever
in my mother’s arms.”
― Sanober Khan, Turquoise Silence

“The good characters in my book are loosely based on folks I know. All the bad stuff is made up.”
― Mike Bove, Willowtree A Bruce DelReno Mystery

“One of the great things about reading , Charlotte reflected , is that it can take you away from whatever disaster your life is heading towards .”
― Susannah Turner, Worth Fighting For

“You’re a nosy sleuth like me because you can’t help it,” Alma said.”
― Ed Lynskey, Sweet Betsy

“When I read a book, I go somewhere else, somewhere special and private where the story is mine alone”
― Isla Jewell, Books & Bewitchment

“The busy snoops like us can leave no stone unturned," Alma said.”
― Ed Lynskey, Sweet Betsy

“Megan stepping back let her glance switch from Alma to Isabel and return to Alma. No doubt about it, thought Megan. Created as much alike as any sisters ever had been, their resemblance started with their matching red-and-white polka dot blouses. Since she was a young girl, she had matched their eye colors to their different personalities.”
― Ed Lynskey, Quiet Anchorage

“Of course I wanted to marry Wendell. That was the most infuriating thing about the whole business—my feelings conspired against my reason.”
― Heather Fawcett, Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries

“The long rains were worse this year than most, and to get through the endless wet the ladies amused themselves day and night with illustrated tales.”
― Murasaki Shikibu, The Tale of Genji

“If she accuses you of being cold, tell her warmth requires fuel-and you've stopped burning yourself to keep her cozy.”
― Veronica Fishbane, Dear Toxic Parent: A Ruthless Little Manual for the Once-Obedient Child

“It's my world, and I don't want any other. What it hasn't got is not worth having, and what it doesn't know is not worth knowing!”
― Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows

“A lock only offends the dignity of an honest man, and a real burglar will break it anyway. Why ruin a good wooden frame for nothing?”
― Sameer Khan Brohi, The Slightly Forgotten Traders of Perfidy Town

“Below us was a frozen lake. It was perfectly round, a great gleaming eye in which the moon and stars were mirrored. Lanterns glowing the same cold white as the aurora dangled from lampposts made of ice, which framed paths from the lake’s edge to a scattering of benches and merchant-stands, draped in bright awnings of opal and blue. Delicious smells floated on the wind—smoked fish; fire-roasted nuts and candies; spiced cakes. A winter fair.”
― Heather Fawcett, Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries

“Frøkenen har læst. Men saa er det blevet for mørkt, og hun har lagt Andagtsbogen ned i sit Skød og har lænet Hovedet tilbage. Nu er hun faldet i Blund og sover med foldede Hænder. Og henne i Sofaen spinder Kattene sagte, i Kakkelovnen snurrer Vandet til Te ... Der er Mørkning i Huset.”
― Herman Bang, Frøkenen

“Peering into the black liquid, I saw a dim silhouette of my face reflected back. I drank the rest in a single gulp to avoid the view.”
― Satoshi Yagisawa, Days at the Torunka Café

“The October air was crisp, brushing across the terrace, swaying the string lights above. The scent of autumn mixed with freshly brewed coffee.
Chapter 44”
― Irina Semikop, Voluntary pain

“Daisy thought of Artemis’s cottage, the Roost, perched at the top of a beech tree in the heart of Mallowmarsh—much smaller than the Root Trees of Amazeria, and infinitely cozier. She thought of the warm kitchen, and Miss Tufton making scones for tea, and her little attic room with the round window that looked out over the green lawns and sparkling glasshouses. She was filled with a wave of longing so powerful that it almost overwhelmed her. “We can really live at Mallowmarsh?” she asked, feeling a sort of bittersweet explosion in her chest. “Together?” “Yes,” said Ma.”
― Pari Thomson, The Forest in the Sky

“We need another dozen Moonbeam Macaroons," Caleb called to his assistant, Sarah, as he pulled a tray of Starlight Swirls from the oven.

“You got it, boss!” Sarah’s cheerful voice from the kitchen made him smile.

The Starlight Swirl cupcakes shimmered with an otherworldly gleam that would have gotten him banned from network television. But here in Quillhaven, that touch of enchantment only enhanced his reputation.”
― Tessa Silver

“Nina asked one more question than she should. She always did. That's how it started.”
― Jonia Epp, Nina and the Mystery of the Missing Necklace

“Never let a deadline convince you that certainty is optional."
Whisper”
― Aleena Vale, Fraud, Filings, and a Fatality: A Keira James Cozy Mystery

“Live in the present for the happiness you have now.
Look forward to the future happiness yet to come,
And reflect on the past, for you only recognise happiness after it has passed.
...
There are times to live in the present, times to reflect on the past, and times to stride ahead.”
― Miye Lee, Return to the DallerGut Dream Department Store

“If people want sweetness, they should go buy a gulab jamun, Iqra. I am a teaspoon of salt. I look like sugar, instead I’m zesty.”
― Sameer Khan Brohi, The Slightly Forgotten Traders of Perfidy Town

“Pakistan in the future will be a medicinal land because almost everyone wants to become a doctor”
― Sameer Khan Brohi