Quote by Patricia Wentworth

“But for the most part, she was the Maude who Alice would have said she wanted all along. But instead of seeming more reasonable,…

— Carol Anshaw

“What she wanted was to donate to the world a good Maud Martha. That was the offering, the bit of art, that could not…

— Gwendolyn Brooks

“She could tell people what to do and sound authoritative, even if underneath it all was a fear of being discovered, found out, a…

— Fiona Davis

“How easily she finds the impossible in the ordinary.”

— Mark Z. Danielewski

“But then she often felt like this lately. The world seemed full of transparent frauds that only she could see through. She was forever…

— Jude Morgan

“Oh, no. A story. This was perhaps too maudlin and too much for the early hour, but handsome and heart-broken young men could occasionally…

— Cassandra Clare

“background. Nancy had an antique brass bed. I had the feeling these girls weren’t two of a kind. Meanwhile, I was going through things.…

— Max Allan Collins

“I wondered what Finley would say if she were here. Probably something like, 'Stab him with silver and see if it kills him.”

— Rachel Hawkins

“No, she thought, you are not going to catch me so cheaply; I do not understand words and will not accept them in trade…

— Shirley Jackson

“She wrote his name on a piece of paper and lit it with a match. The letters curled as they turned dark and misshapen…

— Eric Overby

“Find the problem, find the story.”

— John Brown

“Her name is Emmilina. She is quite eccentric and was Thomas’s best friend.”

— Jessica Fortunato