“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… — Kerry Greenwood Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share Image
“Her heart was beating appreciably faster, and she took more rapid breaths, but she was enjoying herself. Adventuresses are born, not made.” — Kerry Greenwood Copy Share Image
“He'd pull a door off its hinges rather than work out how to turn a key.” — Kerry Greenwood Copy Share Image
“I believe in absolutely nothing except yeast and the inevitability of politicians.” — Kerry Greenwood Copy Share Image
“First, a bath. I'm feeling soiled. Too much contact with cold reality, I think.” — Kerry Greenwood Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share Image
“Get involved with humanity and you find yourself morally compromised,’ he said, unencouragingly.” — Kerry Greenwood Copy Share Image
“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. ‘Then you can bend them. The best advice I would give you is, “If under attack, cause a diversion”.’ ‘A diversion?’ ‘Yes, trip over the dog, spill a glass of wine on your attacker, burst into… — Kerry Greenwood Copy Share
“I have a theory that kitchens, once they reach a certain level of complexity, attract new gadgets into their orbit, like planets.” — Kerry Greenwood Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share Image
“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 daily life three lipstick cases with just a crumb of lipstick left, an old eyebrow pencil sharpener without a blade, pieces of defunct watch, odd earrings, handkerchiefs (three crumpled, one uncrumpled), two grubby powder puffs, bent… — Kerry Greenwood Copy Share
