We forgive beauty such a lot, thought Agatha suddenly. If he was a little balding man with thick glasses, I might get a bit tetchy.
It helps in public relations to have a certain amount of charm and Agatha had none.
Marriage is like life in this—that it is a field of battle, and not a bed of roses. —Robert Louis Stevenson
Hamish’s family were unusual in that they had always celebrated Christmas—tree, turkey, presents and all. In parts of the Highlands, like Lochdubh, the old spirit of John Knox still wandered, blasting...
The trouble with being a policeman in a small, normally law-abiding village was that you did not strike fear or terror into the heart of anyone.
Scotland had murdered sleep.
Keep your place and silent be, Game can hear and game can see. —Mark Beaufoy
If the chemists could ever come up with a bottle of something labelled ‘Self-Respect’ that actually worked, they could make millions, she thought.
Good-bye healthy life and hullo rubber knickers and support hose?
The cruellest lies are often told in silence. —Robert Louis Stevenson
The best laid schemes o’ mice and men,
She doesn’t have a conscience. Come on. We all have one. No, some are born without one. It’s always everyone else’s fault. I’ll get Jimmy Anderson onto
I’ll feed the cats and give them some food.
I am silent in the club I am silent in the pub, I am silent on a bally peak in Darien; For I stuff away for life Shoving peas in with a knife, Because I am at heart a Vegetarian. No more the milk of c...
Agatha doubled her rates and then said, Of course, I halve them for a friend.
A tart temper never mellows with age, and a sharp tongue is the only edged tool that grows keener with constant use. —Washington Irving
A man cannot be too careful in the choice of his enemies. —Oscar Wilde
Pale grey eyes. ‘Mr Herriot,’ Hamish began, ‘can you tell me who you voted for to be Lammas queen last year?’ ‘I voted for Iona, the lassie on the switchboard.’ ‘Would it surprise you to learn that al...
Eyes
We’re supposed to get a whiff as we walk past you, not when we drive past you at sixty miles an hour.