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“Older sisters are much alike the world over: half a cup of love and half one of contempt.”
― I Am Half-Sick of Shadows
― I Am Half-Sick of Shadows
“It is no longer enough simply to solve crimes: We modern private detectives must also be able to come up with catchy names for our cases.”
― The Curious Case of the Copper Corpse
― The Curious Case of the Copper Corpse
“The illusion that freedom is the prerogative of one’s own particular race is fairly widespread. Dr Gerard was wiser. He knew that no race, no country and no individual could be described as free. But he also knew that there were different degrees of bondage.”
― Appointment with Death
― Appointment with Death
“Girl be blowed!” I snapped. “I’m here as a brain, not as a female.”
― The Curious Case of the Copper Corpse
― The Curious Case of the Copper Corpse
“The body—the cage—is everything of the most respectable—but through the bars, the wild animal looks out.”
― Murder on the Orient Express
― Murder on the Orient Express
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