Cozy Mysteries Quotes

#1. I was never a fan of cozy mysteries of anything set in the countryside, you know.

Mark Billingham

#2. Quote taken from Chapter 1
Bill hung up, grumbling to nobody in particular. Emily was about the only caller using the landline phone, and he regretted not getting rid of it. The Robinses were probably the lone holdouts on their city block to still have one.

Ed Lynskey

#3. 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

#4. You're a nosy sleuth like me because you can't help it, Alma said.

Ed Lynskey

#5. 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

#6. Quote taken from Chapter 1:
The June afternoon had clear, blue skies - ideal weather for birdwatching.

Ed Lynskey

#7. I should never do anything pre-coffee.

'It was only a teeny fire,' I told my uncle over the phone.

Cindy Brown

#8. Petey Samson gave the ladies an over-the-shoulder glance. He realized no doggie treat was forthcoming, even from Isabel who was usually the soft mark to hit up. He scratched his front claws to re-attack the sand.

Ed Lynskey

#9. If cupcakes were art; Kate's would be Van Gogh's

C.T. Mitchell

#10. Quote taken from Chapter 1:
A grave matter has just arisen." Etta hadn't intended to make the pun. She went on. "It's a problem right up your alley.

Ed Lynskey

#11. Not everyone is equally good-looking.

Martha Beck

#12. I always thought I'd be a New York theater actor, riding my bicycle to rehearsal. That was all I ever wanted.

Philip Seymour Hoffman

#13. She craved a tall glass of the fresh-squeezed lemonade from the pitcher she'd left chilling in the fridge. Two glasses served with a generous slice of pound cake with orange glaze icing sounded twice as nice.

Ed Lynskey

#14. Alma didn't want Isabel to start singing the praises of their pet, a rescue beagle, or she wouldn't shush until sundown.
"I've found the missing lady," Alma said. "Say welcome home, Betsy Sweet.

Ed Lynskey

#15. The busy snoops like us can leave no stone unturned, Alma said.

Ed Lynskey

#16. I like health-conscious cooking, but growing up in the South, I do love southern cooking; southern France, southern Italy, southern Spain. I love southern cooking.

Clarence Clemons

#17. As Kit's father used to say about various criminals, Julian was the kind of person who could descend into Hell and come out with the devil himself owing him a favor.

Cassandra Clare

#18. Nozy Cat lifted one sleepy eyelid, and his marble blue eye glared at her for interrupting his sacred nap. He wore a yellow collar with little red stars printed on it. His second eyelid also opened, and he gave them his irritated blue-eyed glare.

Lyn Key

#19. So you say. I just hope you don't catch some exotic dinosaur ailment because Eustis probably doesn't stock the right pills to treat it.

Ed Lynskey

#20. Quote is taken from Chapter 1:
Since Etta could log in her rare Baltimore oriole sighting, she decided she'd had enough birding for one day. It was just a fun hobby, not an obsession.

Ed Lynskey

#21. Success is finding satisfaction in giving a little more than you take.

Christopher Reeve

#22. The major championships have always been a special focus in my career, and as a professional, I think Augusta is where I need to be.

Tiger Woods

#23. With you, I am Eve. And you are my beautiful Adam. Let's run away, find our garden, live there together, happy. Naked.

Ellen Hopkins

#24. We are all wonderful souls.

Lailah Gifty Akita

#25. Isabel frowned. "Alma Trumbo, you did not just dig up a human bone from our flowerbed. It's got to be a dinosaur bone, dinky or not."
"A dinosaur bone, eh?" The short, stout Alma gave her tall, slim sister the old up and down. "What then, are we the Flintstones living in Bedrock?

Ed Lynskey

#26. Quote taken from Chapter 1:
I know what." Isabel reached under the end table, took out the game board, and rattled the Band-Aid box containing the letter tiles. "It's been a week-and-a-half since our last Scrabble game.

Ed Lynskey

#27. Hope turned sly. "What if the slice of apple pie is served a la mode?"

Smiling, Peggy Sue regarded her tall, brunette, and blue-eyed friend. "Is the slice of apple pie served a la mode with three scoops of homemade vanilla ice cream piled on top of it?

Lyn Key