Cozy Murder Mystery Quotes

#1. Before I had published anything, I still hung out with people who liked to write. None of us had published, so there was no talk about the business, and there was probably a lot more angsty talk back then. But these days maybe there are some more laments about the culture, but I would say no.

Chang-rae Lee

#2. Evil? (Sin)
To the core of her rotten soul. (Kat)
It's true. There's nothing like a bitch in heels, of which I'm the biggest. I know there has to be a point to this, since you're in a dream with gorgeous twins and nobody's naked. I could have sworn I taught you better, Katra. (Kytara)

Sherrilyn Kenyon

#3. She made an inarticulate sound of distress at the sight that met her eyes. It was a fire, and it was the bookstore on the far side of the square that was burning.

Kaitlyn Dunnett

#4. Access to the public library should be a basic human right.

Kaitlyn Dunnett

#5. The historian in me love to uncover things, and the mother in me hates to be lied to...[Why Dotsy investigates murder]

Maria Hudgins

#6. I've been to livelier funerals," grumbled Herb.

Leslie Meier

#7. Sin and the devil will always find helpers in our hearts.

J.C. Ryle

#8. a Sicilian grandma is a formidable opponent

Traci Andrighetti

#9. Fate plays with us.

H.G.Wells

#10. Murder was apparently too common-place in the big city to attract much notice.
Poor Luther, thought Lucy, as she headed back to the hotel. Even in death he was only a big fish in a small pond.

Leslie Meier

#11. When I go on the set, I'm so rushed. When I see the actors at rehearsal, when I love it, I want to keep the mood - my mood and the actors' mood also. So I have to push the crew faster. I don't want to lose the mood.

Andrew Lau

#12. It's a small-town rule: Never speak ill of the dead until the estate has paid the outstanding bills.

Leslie Meier

#13. If looks could kill, she'd be a dead woman.

Leslie Meier

#14. The years pass so quickly now that I can't keep my mental image of myself up to date. [Mature Dotsy deals with her age]

Maria Hudgins

#15. A girl had to do what a girl had to do and it looked as if this girl's immediate future included chicken Caesar salad, chocolate cake, and Cary Grant.

Leslie Meier

#16. P.I. Cassie Cruise--You don't have to like her, but you damn well better respect her

S.L. Ellis

#17. Lucy had no complaints about her dinner. Anything was fine with her as long as she didn't have to cook it.

Leslie Meier

#18. Turning one's novel into a movie script is rather like making a series of sketches for a painting that has long ago been finished and framed.

Vladimir Nabokov

#19. There are still a lotta nice Sicilian boys in New Orleans. (A nonna's advice to a zitella.)

Traci Andrighetti

#20. I believe in a democratic approach to fashion: if you feel good, then great. You may not look good, but it's not the problem.

Philip Treacy

#21. Only that I insist upon your dining with us. It will be ready in half an hour. I have oysters and a brace of grouse, with something a little choice in white wines. Watson, you have never yet recognized my merits as a housekeeper. ~ Sherlock Holmes

Arthur Conan Doyle

#22. Starbucks and their ilk are for meeting with people you don't care to meet with and finishing term papers.

Lauren Leto

#23. Another holiday, another murder. At least no one got murdered at Thanksgiving dinner! How did I end up, in the season of peace and goodwill toward men, investigating another homicide?"
~ Kay Driscoll

Murder Under the Tree (A Kay Driscoll Mystery Book 2) - Coming November 14.

Susan Bernhardt

#24. Within the same hour as the murder took place, Isabel Trumbo sat in her armchair dozing, the Alaskan Outdoor magazine on her lap. Her kid sister Alma fidgeted in the other armchair, from time to time picking up her newspaper folded over to the day's crossword puzzle.

Ed Lynskey

#25. Carlina with her cat-like eyes who didn't fit into any category he knew. (Commissario Garini's difficulty with his prime suspect.)

Beate Boeker

#26. RE: GSEs like Freddie Mac & Fannie Mae: "creditors will continue to underprice the risk-taking of these financial institutions, overfund them, and fail to provide effective market discipline Facing prices that are too low, systemically important firms will take on too much risk."

Gary H. Stern

#27. Lawyers aren't the most popular people, Miss Allen ... - Murder in Hand

Celia Conrad

#28. Quote taken from Chapter 1 of The Corpse Wore Gingham:
"You love to figure out things as much as I do," Piper said.
"Like what?" Bill asked.
"You fix broken stuff," Piper replied.
"Repairing a broken toaster or steam iron is far different than unraveling a murder mystery," Bill said.

Ed Lynskey