Not Quite Dead Enough Quotes

“Indeed,' I said. That was Nero Wolfe's word, and I never used it except in moments of stress, and it severely annoyed my when I caught myself using it, because when I look in a mirror I prefer to see me as is, with no skin grafted from anybody else's hide, even Nero Wolfe's.”
― Rex Stout, Not Quite Dead Enough

“Mr. Cramer is constantly leaping at the throat of evil and finding himself holding on for dear life to the tip of its tail.”
― Rex Stout, Not Quite Dead Enough