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He was Emerson’s—or, to be more accurate, since cats cannot be said to belong to anyone, he had condescended to concentrate his attentions on my husband.
“We waste so much time on elaborations. What did that poet chap say - spending ou lives making more and more money because we're for ever discovering we need too much. It's quite true. New things are invented, so of course we think we need them.”
― Crossed Skis
― Crossed Skis
“As the boy grew, he applied himself to the understanding of science and life, but always the first more readily than the second, for science was the logical aim of his own passionate curiosity, and life was the mystic parabola that eluded his grasp every time he became certain he had solved the equation of its inevitable arc.”
― Hannah's War
― Hannah's War
“Be brave. You have everything you need,” I murmured to no one in particular. “Everything indeed.” Excelsior!”
― A Sinister Revenge
― A Sinister Revenge
“I shall write him a murder story in a letter, but I won't put in the ending. I'll write the clues and the suspects and possibly the weapon, but my present to him will be that he can puzzle it out all by himself."
And so, I began to plot.”
― The Seaside Corpse
And so, I began to plot.”
― The Seaside Corpse
“A lady had no business going around not murdering people when she had excellent motive, plausible means, and the correct temperament. Elspeth was decisive, physically strong, and by her own admission capable of coaxing along a seedling of a grudge until it flowered.
"How dare she be innocent." I muttered. "It is most inconsiderate.”
― A Sinister Revenge
"How dare she be innocent." I muttered. "It is most inconsiderate.”
― A Sinister Revenge
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