Money's a very serious thing - especially when you haven't got any. — Patricia Wentworth Havens Copy Share Image
“She was a little bit of a thing with a light untidy fluff of hair and a nose which went pink in… — Patricia Wentworth Time Copy Share Image
it isn't good tactics to ask for something that you know will be refused. — Patricia Wentworth Asks Copy Share Image
You cannot divide minds into sexes. Each human being presents an individual problem. — Patricia Wentworth Divides Copy Share Image
The fact is, people who don't have any misfortunes are very irritating to their neighbours. No opportunities for popping in with condolences… — Patricia Wentworth Condolences Copy Share Image
Too much information can be as disconcerting as too little. — Patricia Wentworth Data Copy Share Image
Being in a rage was rather like being out in a thunderstorm - you couldn't hear yourself think. — Patricia Wentworth Anger Copy Share Image
“Her name is Maud Silver. Louisa says she has solved many difficult cases besides being an extremely expert knitter.” — Patricia Wentworth Copy Share Image
“I think it is right that you should know I am here in the capacity of a private enquiry agent." If she… — Patricia Wentworth Fairy godmother Copy Share Image
“Obstinacy is an impediment to the free exercise of thought. It paralyses the intelligence. Conclusions based upon preconceived ideas are valueless.” — Patricia Wentworth Fitness Copy Share Image
There is and always has been for me a peculiar need to write. This is very different from wanting to be a… — Patricia Wentworth Ability Copy Share Image
“It came home to him then that he was separated from the people round him -- not as yet by bolts and… — Patricia Wentworth Copy Share Image
It's surprising how soon you can get used to having money. It's much easier than getting used to not having it. — Patricia Wentworth Easier Copy Share Image
Children want one thing at a time, and want that one thing passionately. — Patricia Wentworth Children Copy Share Image
Once a suggestion has entered the general atmosphere of human thought, it is very difficult to neutralise it. — Patricia Wentworth Atmosphere Copy Share Image
The most trying moments in human experience were those in which there was nothing to be done except to wait. — Patricia Wentworth Done Copy Share Image
Take things as they come. Take things as they are. What does it matter? There's one end to everything. — Patricia Wentworth Doe Copy Share Image
Things you can't understand are always the hardest to bear. To know why is the first step to consolation. — Patricia Wentworth Bears Copy Share Image
there are virtues which are very well in the abstract, but which, encountered in the flesh, can be a source of extreme… — Patricia Wentworth Abstract Copy Share Image
“Men could be drunk with pride, with passion, or with power. They could be drunken with hatred, or with the lust of… — Patricia Wentworth Copy Share Image
