Naughty in Nice Quotes

“A man in love does not notice the cut of the dress, but rather a face of a beloved.”
― Rhys Bowen, Naughty in Nice

“Aren't you going a little overboard?" I asked, picturing a day ahead of me trying to find these items in a town I didn't know.
"Nonsense, darling. What's the point of a party if you don't go overboard."
I sat on the sofa watching her, admiring her. Not only was she beautiful, but she had a wonderful way of shaking off life's little problems, like water off a duck's back. Nothing seemed to upset her.”
― Rhys Bowen, Naughty in Nice

“Or I suppose she might have seen his killer. She might be the one witness. I never thought of that.”
― Rhys Bowen, Naughty in Nice

“I put on my bathing suit—a hopelessly girlish and unflattering garment of sagging black wool”
― Rhys Bowen, Naughty in Nice

“One thing we British do well is to join a queue.”
― Rhys Bowen, Naughty in Nice

“I gather you weren't keen on going back to Scotland with your brother at this time of year. I don't say I blame you. Terribly bleak and cutoff in the winter."
"Oh no, Mom," I said, as her words sunk in. "My brother is not going back to Scotland. He and my sister-in-law are going to the Riviera."
The Riviera? I had no idea."
"For my sister-in-law's health. She's feeling rather frail at the moment."
"I don't think that frail would ever be a word to describe your sister-in-law," the Queen said, looking up with a half smile on her lips as a tray of coffee was reeled into the room.
"I managed to have six children without making a fuss. One just got on with it.”
― Rhys Bowen, Naughty in Nice