Quotes by Martha Grimes

Martha Grimes

An idyllic childhood is probably illusion.

Childhood

Idyllic

Illusion

And so it continued all day, wynde after wynde, From a room beyond came the whistle of a teakettle. Now, you really must join me. I’ve some marvelous Darjeeling, and some delicious petit fours a friend of mine gave me for Christmas.

Fours

Rooms

Tea

Arnold was a dog’s dog. Whenever he shuffled along walks and through alleyways, he always gave the impression of being on to something big.

Alleyways

Bigs

Dog

Before you hate something you should try to understand it.

Hate

Trying

Understanding

Children can ask what adults don’t dare to because we don’t want to admit we’re scared and we don’t really want to hear the answers.

Adults

Answers

Children

Elf made his way fuzzily back to the drawer, trying to think nasty thoughts about his tormentor (Mungo the dog) but he couldn’t, as he was too little and his mind was formless and without messages.( Elf the tiny kitten Mungo tormented )

Dog

Mind

Thinking

I cleared my throat – it isn’t frogs you get in your throat; it’s memories.

Frogs

Memories

Throat

Intricately plotted, beautifully paced, The Music of the Spheres is an elegant historical novel rich in detail, at times Dickensian in its description of London. Elizabeth Redfern has made an exciting debut.

Details

Historical Novels

London

Most people see what they want to, or at least what they expect to.

Expectations

People

Want

Remember the great film with Bette Davis, All About Eve? There’s a scene after the scheming Eve steals Margo’s role through trickery & then gets this magnificent review. Margo of course is effing & blinding all over the place. And crying. Her director rushes into her house, puts his arms around her & says, “I ran all the way”. That’s what I want.

Directors

House

Roles

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Adults

Alleyways

Answers

Antisocial

Bigs

Childhood

Children

Comfort

Details

Directors

Dog

England

Enough

Expectations

Fours

Frogs

Habit

Hate

Historical Novels

House

Idyllic

Illusion

Inspirational

London

Memories

Might

Mind

Mistake

Motivational

Nervous

Okay

People

Roles

Romance

Rooms

Saws

Silence

Strength

Talking

Tea

Thinking

Throat

Trying

Two

Understanding

Want

Way

Week

Writing

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Quotes by Martha Grimes

Martha Grimes

An idyllic childhood is probably illusion.

And so it continued all day, wynde after wynde, From a room beyond came the whistle of a teakettle. Now, you really must join me. I’ve some marvelous Darjeeling, and some delicious petit fours a friend of mine gave me for Christmas.

Arnold was a dog’s dog. Whenever he shuffled along walks and through alleyways, he always gave the impression of being on to something big.

Before you hate something you should try to understand it.

Children can ask what adults don’t dare to because we don’t want to admit we’re scared and we don’t really want to hear the answers.

Elf made his way fuzzily back to the drawer, trying to think nasty thoughts about his tormentor (Mungo the dog) but he couldn’t, as he was too little and his mind was formless and without messages.( Elf the tiny kitten Mungo tormented )

I cleared my throat – it isn’t frogs you get in your throat; it’s memories.

Intricately plotted, beautifully paced, The Music of the Spheres is an elegant historical novel rich in detail, at times Dickensian in its description of London. Elizabeth Redfern has made an exciting debut.

Most people see what they want to, or at least what they expect to.

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