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Mary Roberts Rinehart was an American writer known for her suspense novels. She is considered a pioneer in the genre of detective fiction and is often referred to as the 'Mother of Detective Fiction'.

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Famous Mary Roberts Rinehart Quotes

“Death was a beginning and not an end; it was the morning of the spirit. Tired bodies lay down to sleep and their souls wakened to the morning, rested; the first fruits of them that slept.”

Firsts Soul Ends Body Spirit Sleep Morning Lays Tired Fruit

Book:The Works of Mary Roberts Rinehart: A poor wise man

Source: The Works of Mary Roberts Rinehart: A poor wise man

“it's been my experience that the first few days of married life women are blind because they want to be and after that because they have to be.”

Want Firsts Married Blind Married Life

Book:Where There's a Will/The Case of Jennie Brice/The After House

Source: Where There's a Will/The Case of Jennie Brice/The After House

“I suppose there is something in all of us that harks back to the soil. When you come to think of it, what are picnics but outcroppings of instinct? No one really enjoys them or expects to enjoy them, but with the first warm days some prehistoric instinct takes us out into the woods, to fry potatoes over a strangling wood fire or spend the next week getting grass stains out of our clothes. It must be instinct; every atom of intelligence warns us to stay at home near the refrigerator.”

Source: Tish: The Chronicle of Her Escapades and Excursions

“the theater is the only money-making business I know in which haste apparently rules from first to last.”

Knows Firsts Lasts Theater Making Money Haste

Book:My Story

Source: My Story

About the Author

Born: August 12, 1876
Died: September 22, 1958
Known for: Writer
Quotes: 101

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Oh, Well, You Know How Women Are: And Isn't that Just Like a ManRelated source material

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