Quotes of Robin Stevens

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“After all, grown-ups always underestimate children. Children never underestimate each other.” ― Robin Stevens, Mistletoe and Murder
“One of the rules of the Detective Society is that we never say no to tea.” ― Robin Stevens, Mistletoe and Murder
“It really is silly when adults try to protect children, as though we are not on our way to becoming adults ourselves.” ― Robin Stevens
“A child has no trouble believing the unbelievable, nor does the genius or the madman. It’s only you and I, with our big brains and our tiny hearts, who doubt and overthink and hesitate.” —Steven Pressfield” ― Robin Sharma, The 5 AM Club: Own Your Morning. Elevate Your Life
“There were always things lurking, ready to throw your life off balance.” ― Robin Stevens, First Class Murder
“I don’t like to see girls wasting their talents. You are both clever, that I can see. And if you have brains, you ought to use them. It isn’t good for women to be ignored and side-lined.” ― Robin Stevens, Mistletoe and Murder
“Thank you Robin Williams for showing the world that one man can make a difference in the lives of millions, while still fighting his own personal demons. You are missed, but never forgotten.” ― Steven Wolff
“Murder is always foolish,' said the Inspector. 'If people only murdered each other rationally, I would be out of a job.” ― Robin Stevens
“It is funny how public the English are about disliking their families, even when it is not really true. Love is a secret to them, hate, far less so.” ― Robin Stevens, Jolly Foul Play
“Stevens, who knew that mouth could do more thana rgue? You're a true blue friend, a red-hot lady and all that other good yearbook shit. You've got a big heart and I've got an even bigger...you know. So we're both winners. KG” ― Robin Wasserman, Greed
“promising!) was oddly disappointing, but what happened” ― Robin Stevens, Murder Most Unladylike
“Growing up, I thought, seemed to be something that mostly happened when you weren’t looking.” ― Robin Stevens, A Spoonful of Murder
“Tell that boy that we are detectives, and we have solved FIVE MURDER CASES!’ snarled Daisy. I looked at her, astonished – apparently, she can tell when the Detective Society is being demeaned in any language.” ― Robin Stevens, A Spoonful of Murder
“It was full of the most delicious displays, piled high with pink and white fancies, cakes piped with cream and scattered with nuts, and absolutely heaps of swirled golden-brown buns. They were studded with raisins and dripping with syrup. My mouth watered. It had been hours since those train sandwiches, their cheese slightly warm and their chutney gluey. Beyond the buns I saw tables full of people enjoying splendid teas. My stomach gurgled.” ― Robin Stevens, Mistletoe and Murder
“I thought to myself that, if life was acting, it was a pity that I was no good at acting at all.” ― Robin Stevens, Death in the Spotlight
“I realized all over again how odd the English are. No matter how bad things get, they can always make light of them.” ― Robin Stevens, Mistletoe and Murder
“That is the problem with imagination – the more you use it, the more you see that the world in your head is not really the world you live in at all.” ― Robin Stevens, A Spoonful of Murder
“we never say no to tea.” ― Robin Stevens, Mistletoe and Murder
“But,’ Mr Mansour cried, ‘you are girls! Girls cannot be in the police!” ― Robin Stevens, Death Sets Sail
Robin Stevens
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Robin Stevens

Robin's books are: Murder Most Unladylike (Murder is Bad Manners in the USA), Arsenic for Tea (Poison is Not Polite in the USA), First Class Murder, Jolly Foul Play, Mistletoe and Murder, Cream Buns and Crime, A Spoonful of Murder, Death in the Spotlight and…

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