Source: Beast In View
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Famous Margaret Millar Quotes
“Common sense is a vastly overrated virtue. I myself prefer the spark of genius.”
Source: Do Evil in Return
“People, alas, are more impressed by statistics than they are by ideas.”
Source: A Stranger in My Grave
“the emotions at death, as at birth, are instinctive and primitive.”
“When someone gives me three reasons instead of one, I'm inclined not to believe any of them.”
Source: The Fiend
“When you're counting alibis and not apples, one plus one equals none.”
Source: The weak-eyed bat
“the smell of lilacs crept poignantly into the room like a remembered spring.”
Source: Vanish in an Instant
“Private problems don't constitute an excuse for bad manners.”
Source: Best Mysteries of All Time: A Stranger in My Grave
“Any good marriage involves a certain amount of play-acting.”
Source: A Stranger in My Grave
Source: The weak-eyed bat
Source: A Stranger in My Grave
Source: Experiment in Springtime: A Novel
“The sun was shining like a congratulation.”
Source: Experiment in Springtime
Source: Best Mysteries of All Time: A Stranger in My Grave
“You can't drown your troubles ... because troubles can swim.”
“Violence is the instinctive response to fear.”
Source: Vanish in an Instant
“You have what is known as a lot of character, meaning you can be wrong at the top of your lungs.”
Source: The Iron Gates: A Psychological Novel
Source: Rose's last summer
“Perfect young men don't get murdered, they don't even get born.”
Source: Beyond This Point Are Monsters
“If you go around looking for accidents, asking for them, they can't be called accidents any more.”
Source: Beyond This Point Are Monsters
Source: GIDEON'S DRIVE; ASK FOR ME TOMORROW; HELLSPOUT
Source: GIDEON'S DRIVE; ASK FOR ME TOMORROW; HELLSPOUT
Source: Beyond This Point Are Monsters
“Some people become so expert at reading between the lines they don't read the lines.”
Source: An Air That Kills