Quotes from Robert Goldsborough

I knew how to use a dictionary, and if I was going to be spending time around Nero Wolfe, I would have to buy one."-Archie Goodwin in Archie Meets Nero Wolfe

Madam, hatred has become your handmaiden.

The higher the station of an individual within any organization, the greater the tendency to hew to the company line

placing a raceme of purple orchids in the vase on his desk

When I got there and picked up the receiver, there was no one on the other end. I clicked the cradle several times

That brought a scowl from Wolfe. He hates nothing more than cases involving what he terms "rancorous domestic relations.

Not that I disapprove of women, except when they attempt to function as domestic animals. When they stick to the vocations for which they are best adapted, such as chicanery, sophistry, self-advertisement, cajolery, mystification, and incubation, they are sometimes superb creatures.

curiosity is one of the permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous mind.

The kitchen looked like it was rarely used, except for a toaster on a counter surrounded by crumbs

Man's ability to indulge in self-deception knows no bounds.

I found Wolfe watching Fritz prepare dinner from the wooden chair with arms near the window that had been constructed to his specifications.

smiling coat-check girl who had more dimples than a used golf ball

Do not be too hard on Mr. Cramer," Wolfe replied. "His job is a difficult and often thankless one. He constantly receives assaults from all sides. His superiors in the department demand arrests, the newspapers demand arrests, the public demands arrests. I agree that he is cantankerous, contentious, and often thickheaded. But he also is honest, hardworking, and fearless. The department would do well to have more men like him in their ranks.

few things are worse for an individual than to be forced out of a job in disgrace.