“He was startled, but there was that about him which made it impossible to show what he felt, an instant and utter reflex of stillness to counteract all outward evidence of surprise, fear, anything.” — Ellery Queen Copy Share Image
The two women exchanged the kind of glance women use when no knife is handy. — Ellery Queen Copy Share Image
“If it pains you to discover that a Nice Man can be a crumbum, Tom, it's life you've got to object to, not Percy… — Ellery Queen Copy Share Image
“Why did people do it? Why this herd curiosity about a street, a house, windows, doors? He was a public servant, the Inspector mused,… — Ellery Queen Copy Share Image
“The place smelled male, not the metal-and-soap maleness of a locker room nor the malt-and-sawdust maleness of an old-time corner saloon, but the leather-and-oiled-wood… — Ellery Queen Copy Share Image
“The girl was kind in a special way; when you spoke to her, she seemed to stop thinking of whatever she been thinking and… — Ellery Queen Copy Share Image
“Now, Jehovah, Yahweh, was a member of no Trinity, was represented by no lambs, suffered no little children. He was an almighty vindictive deity.… — Ellery Queen Copy Share Image
“He was startled, but there was that about him which made it impossible to show what he felt, an instant and utter reflex of… — Ellery Queen Copy Share Image
“Had Walter ever read Bernard Shaw (he had not), he might have been pleased with the line, "When you have learned something, my dear,… — Ellery Queen Copy Share Image
