She restored herself with a cocktail and an excellent…

“Dot had discovered in herself a keen interest in diligent research of nice calm paper records, which never wept or ran away or turned…

— Kerry Greenwood

“... with all the sweetness of a chocolate-coated razor-blade.”

— Kerry Greenwood

“Lindsay was treated likewise by Mr. Butler, who washed his face as though he was five years old and still unreliable with chocolate.”

— Kerry Greenwood

“Things accumulated in purses. Unless they were deliberately unloaded and all contents examined for utility occasionally, one could find oneself transporting around in one's…

— Kerry Greenwood

“No cook can ignore the opinion of a man who asks for three helpings. One is politeness, two is hunger, but three is a…

— Kerry Greenwood

“I have a theory that kitchens, once they reach a certain level of complexity, attract new gadgets into their orbit, like planets.”

— Kerry Greenwood

“Conversation is a minefield until you learn the conventions, Jane dear.’ ‘I’ll never learn all the rules,’ muttered Jane. ‘Yes, you will,’ said Phryne.…

— Kerry Greenwood

“Get involved with humanity and you find yourself morally compromised,’ he said, unencouragingly.”

— Kerry Greenwood

“The young will no longer be advised by the old," she said to the hall porter. "That is because we advised them to die,"…

— Kerry Greenwood

“Some ignorance is invincible.”

— Kerry Greenwood

“First, a bath. I'm feeling soiled. Too much contact with cold reality, I think.”

— Kerry Greenwood

“I believe in absolutely nothing except yeast and the inevitability of politicians.”

— Kerry Greenwood

“He'd pull a door off its hinges rather than work out how to turn a key.”

— Kerry Greenwood

“Her heart was beating appreciably faster, and she took more rapid breaths, but she was enjoying herself. Adventuresses are born, not made.”

— Kerry Greenwood

“Good morning, Meroe,' I said, dusting uselessly at my tracksuit pants. 'Might I interest you in today's special, pre-floured kitten?”

— Kerry Greenwood