Eavesdropping Quote by Elizabeth Peters

“Will whistled quietly. 'She sounds fantastic. But I can't imagine why she'd be interested in your dick. With that tiny thing you'll never be…

— Christina Lauren

“Alyosha,” she murmured again, “look out the door, see if mama is eavesdropping.” “Very well, Lise, I will look, only wouldn’t it be better…

— Fyodor Dostoyevsky

“Have you caught cold?' 'It would appear so.' 'You could give it to Margaret,' Ramses suggested. His uncle turned the tinted spectacles toward him…

— Elizabeth Peters

“To write better dialogue, I turned into an eavesdropper.”

— Ksenia Anske

“Have you noticed how [Lady Whistledown] describes me?' 'Er, it's almost always favorable, isn't it?' His hand began to wave again - rather dismissively,…

— Julia Quinn

“Good,' she said. Then she exhaled a long breath and leaned back in her seat. 'I can't believe I just talked to you like…

— Jennifer Sturman

“You make a nice mum,’ I mumbled. ‘I always hoped one day the woman of my dreams would say those words to me,’ he…

— Mhairi McFarlane

“Your mother mentioned she had a little girl. These are for you, sweetheart. Just a little something, heh heh." He handed me a wrinkled…

— Wally Lamb

“You know how to tail people?" I asked. My mother shrugged and kept her mouth shut, but her devilish smile said everything.”

— Kirsten Miller

“Mother was like this sometimes. Conversations became riddles with traps in them, and your answers had consequences.”

— Frances Hardinge

“I am cursed with a terminal case of curiosity," he said. "I am jealous, selfish, acquisitive, territorial and possessive. I have a terrible temper,…

— Thea Harrison

“He was muttering now and I could barely make out his words. "I'm going to die without ever feeling a woman's tits." "Go ahead,"…

— Marta Acosta