Quotes of: Detective-stories Keyword

Ridiculous," he said breathlessly. "You ought to give up detecting and try fantasy writing.

The Cuckoo's Calling

Faith doesn't move mountains, Detective. It just obscures the view.

The Exile Book of New Canadian Noir

By this means the government may secretly and unobserved, confiscate the wealth of the people, and not one man in a million will detect the theft.

The Economic Consequences of the Peace

I’m Detective Piper of the Fairyland Metro Police, and I've been called in to investigate the incident of the missing frog prince…

Fairy Tale Fusion

Detective John Tallow, 1st Precinct." "You," said Scarly. "I hate you so much my dick is hard.

Gun Machine

The criminal is the creative artist; the detective only the critic.

The Blue Cross: A Father Brown Mystery

That's the trouble with playing a cutting-edge narcotics detective - you've got to wear what's topical at the moment. My kids tease me about outfits I was wearing last week, let alone in the eighties.

Clark Johnson

I want people to know that blood tests alone won't always detect thyroid disease. My blood panels were normal. I think a lot more people have this disease than are diagnosed.

Kim Alexis

Because it is my desire. Is that not enough?" [Sherlock Holmes on his .]

The Adventure of the Dying Detective

It was quite elementary,' returned the detective with a languid gesture of one hand.

The House of Silk: A Sherlock Holmes Novel

We're artists too, but we do a good job hiding it, don't we?

The Savage Detectives

It was the tyrannical, slightly stupid thing you say after you've made love.

The Savage Detectives

Fool. He's as bad as Watson, trying to throw himself in harm's way for the sake of the Great Detective.

A Study in Darkness

A guilty person sometimes has the luck to escape detection, but never to feel sure of it.

Letters from a Stoic

It was clear that in a past life the detective had been a phone booth beside an empty highway.

Threats

After all, the fundamental question of philosophy (like that of psychoanalysis) is the same as the question of the detective novel: who is guilty?

Postscript to the Name of the Rose

Jesus, kid, you're almost a detective. All you need now is a gun, a gut, and three ex-wives.

Paper Towns

The average novel invariably reads like a detective's report. It is drab and tedious because it is never objective.

The Three-Cornered World

Setting that little girl loose in her society would be like putting a fox in with the chickens. (Violet Strange's detective boss.)

Violet's Problem

I continue to be a strong believer in the life-saving importance of early detection, and I encourage everyone to be proactive about their preventive screenings.

Roy Blunt

One big question that's come up is: Has autism increased on the mild side of things? I don't think so - they've always been here. Some of this is increased detection.

Temple Grandin