The Elusive Mrs. Pollifax Quotes

“the problems changed, but people were the same”
― Dorothy Gilman, The Elusive Mrs. Pollifax

“But this was exactly the age, she thought, when life ought to be spent, not hoarded. There had been enough years of comfortable living, and complacency was nothing but delusion. One could not always change the world, she felt, but one could change oneself.”
― Dorothy Gilman, The Elusive Mrs. Pollifax

“I've have grown a night-blooming cereus on my fire escape," she added almost shyly.

He said quietly, "This is important. Why?"

She hesitated. "Because lately I've had the feeling we rush toward something-some kind of Armageddon-set into motion long ago. There are so many people in the world, and so much destructiveness. I was astonished when I first heard that a night-blooming cereus blooms only once a year, and always at midnight. It implies such intelligence somewhere.”
― Dorothy Gilman, The Elusive Mrs. Pollifax

“There was nothing rational about a wall, whether it encircled Berlin, San Quentin or the ghettos of Warsaw. A wall was a symbol, fortified as much by the idea behind it as by bricks and guns.”
― Dorothy Gilman, The Elusive Mrs. Pollifax

“She thinks in a straight line,” said Tsanko. “There are no detours in this woman.”
― Dorothy Gilman, The Elusive Mrs. Pollifax

“Nor was this lessened by the knowledge that it was only a wall. There was nothing rational about a wall, whether it encircled Berlin, San Quentin or the ghettos of Warsaw. A wall was a symbol, fortified as much by the idea behind it as by bricks and guns.”
― Dorothy Gilman, The Elusive Mrs. Pollifax