Quotes from Kerry Greenwood

Epigraph But man, proud man, Drest in a little brief authority, Most ignorant of what he's most assured, His glassy essence, like an angry ape, Plays such fantastic tricks before high Heaven, As would make the angels weep. —William Shakespeare, Measure for Measure

Piracy is a lot of fun; you should try it.

One can dare a lot if one is Emeritus

Another object lesson of why humans should have stayed in trees, where they could not behave in such an idiotic way. Or possibly we should never have emerged from the sea. Evolution, Phryne sometimes thought, had a long way to go before the Homo became even close to Sapiens.

It's always good business practice to eliminate any potential avengers.

Locus tristis et palustris

I can't afford to spend days in self loathing as everyone expects fat women to do. Self loathing eats your life. Being fat isn't my fault or even my sin, despite what all those TV ads say.

What an unprepossessing thing, she thought, to see the up-jumped social-climbing middle class in terror of its position.

Champagne,' she added to the hovering wine waiter. 'The Widow '23.

Said dog my heart is true And steadfast more than you And love binds more than words what I can do. —David Greagg, 'Cat and Dog

Her face was white, her eyes blazed like emeralds, and no one who saw her had any intention of saying anything but 'Immediately' to anything she ordered.

Mr. Butler's Refreshing Cocktail one measure of cherry brandy one measure of gin squeeze of lemon juice splash of Cointreau sugar syrup to taste Shake all the ingredients together. To make a long drink, add soda water or bar quality lemonade. Garnish with a cherry.

Thus she found herself in an office the size of a cupboard sitting opposite Detective-inspector Robinson. He looked quite pleased to see her—'Call me Jack, Miss Fisher, everyone does'—and offered her a cup of tea. Phryne had tasted police-station tea before, but accepted it anyway.

Her reason might have collapsed by now, of course, nothing like a few days of people telling you that you are mad and deluded when you know that you are telling the truth to turn the brain.

I hate clocks. They tick. Other things make noises in their time and need, but clocks mechanically beat the seconds to death.

Some to whom evil is done resolve never to inflict such pain on anyone and become very good indeed.

The trouble with the world is that you forget that there are good people in it.

They say that drowning is an easy death, once you stop trying to breathe.

She attributed this to having got drunk for the first time at the age of fifteen at a dormy feast on cheap sweet sherry; the memory of that hangover would have caused a girl with less courage to swear off alcohol for life.

country that doesn't grow its own wine grapes has no claim to civilisation.

I hate these wife-beating bastards. Got to be something wrong with someone who has to hit women.

Love never dies of starvation, but often of indigestion.

Blandings White

Lin reflected how much power mere money had. Lying in the purse it was just coins. Let loose from confinement, it was blankets against the cold, and candied chestnuts. It was an old lady clad in a new dress with hibiscus flowers on it.