If I ever saw my muse she would be an old woman with a tight bun and spectacles poking me in the middle of the back and growling, "Wake up and write the book! — 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.… — Kerry Greenwood Copy Share Image
“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… — Kerry Greenwood Copy Share Image
