The Most Wonderful Crime of the Year Quotes

“You know, if mankind has one universal superpower, it’s gaslighting women into thinking they’re the problem.”
― Ally Carter, The Most Wonderful Crime of the Year

“You were never supposed to do more than he did. You weren’t supposed to be more. You sure as hell weren’t supposed to earn more. I know men like that. I come from a long line of men exactly like that, so believe me when I say he needed you to be less than him, and you were always going to be more.”
― Ally Carter, The Most Wonderful Crime of the Year

“I know the world hasn’t given you a lot of reasons to believe this, but just so you know, if you were mine, I’d never make you park the car because my shoes are suede. If you were mine, I’d carry you through the storm.”
― Ally Carter, The Most Wonderful Crime of the Year

“Of course, I’m not offended that you’d accuse me of murder. I’m offended you’d think I’d be bad at it.”
― Ally Carter, The Most Wonderful Crime of the Year

“She hated him because he was handsome and charming and they lived in a world where a man didn’t have to be anything else.”
― Ally Carter, The Most Wonderful Crime of the Year

“There’s no way, no universe, no reality in which you aren’t the brightest star in the whole damn sky, and . . .” His cheeks flushed. His hand shook, and he looked away like, suddenly, he was the one who was embarrassed. “That’s all I wanted to say.”
― Ally Carter, The Most Wonderful Crime of the Year

“His voice sounded like chocolate tastes: dark and rich and like something you’d regret indulging in later.”
― Ally Carter, The Most Wonderful Crime of the Year

“I look like I’m one long white nightgown away from being killed in a gothic novel.” But Ethan simply said, “I’ll protect you.” She laughed softly. “From a ghost?” “From everything.”
― Ally Carter, The Most Wonderful Crime of the Year

“Wait. You read romance?” “Sweetheart”—Ethan lowered his voice and his eyes—“I absolutely read romance.”
― Ally Carter, The Most Wonderful Crime of the Year

“She let out a silent laugh. "How did I really look?" But Ethan grew serious, thinking...remembering...deciding. "I thought you looked like forever.”
― Ally Carter, The Most Wonderful Crime of the Year

“You know, some women think I’m chivalrous.” “Some women think the earth is flat.”
― Ally Carter, The Most Wonderful Crime of the Year

“Sometimes I lie in bed at night, thinking of ways to kill you and make it look like an accident.” His whole face changed. Pity turned to arrogance as his gaze dipped to her lips. And lingered. “So what you’re saying is, you think about me in bed.”
― Ally Carter, The Most Wonderful Crime of the Year

“If she hid for thirty minutes, then waved at three more people on her way to the elevator, maybe no one would notice if she spent the rest of the party hiding in an empty room, reading her Purse Book and eating her Napkin Cheese.”
― Ally Carter, The Most Wonderful Crime of the Year

“Ethan didn’t believe in love at first sight, but that didn’t mean he could make himself stop staring.”
― Ally Carter, The Most Wonderful Crime of the Year

“When I was thirteen, my mom left for wrapping paper and didn’t come back.”
― Ally Carter, The Most Wonderful Crime of the Year

“He was in his late twenties and had a crisp, British accent that called to mind boarding schools and polo matches and names that were spelled Chumbledown but were pronounced Randolph.”
― Ally Carter, The Most Wonderful Crime of the Year

“And for Ethan, a man who had spent his whole life trying to be enough, it should have been terrifying to realize that he was best when he was half of a whole. When the rest of him was her.”
― Ally Carter, The Most Wonderful Crime of the Year

“For a murder isn’t a murder when there is no death. And a mystery isn’t a mystery when”—she slammed the book shut— “It’s only a test.”
― Ally Carter, The Most Wonderful Crime of the Year

“Whatever happens, I’m with you. Whatever comes, I’m in.”
― Ally Carter, The Most Wonderful Crime of the Year

“If she hid for thirty minutes, then waved at three more people on her way to the elevator, maybe no one would notice if she spent the rest of the party hiding in an empty room, reading her Purse Book and eating her Napkin Cheese. It was a genius plan, really. She should have thought of it from the start.”
― Ally Carter, The Most Wonderful Crime of the Year

“Ethan always managed to be everything. All at once. Cool but hot. Formal but relaxed. Intimidating but totally approachable. Even his smile managed to be self-deprecating but just a little bit smug at the same time.”
― Ally Carter, The Most Wonderful Crime of the Year

“if mankind has one universal superpower, it’s gaslighting women into thinking they’re the problem.”
― Ally Carter, The Most Wonderful Crime of the Year

“She wasn’t born with anything. But she’d earned plenty, and that gave her something the Ruperts of the world didn’t have.”
― Ally Carter, The Most Wonderful Crime of the Year

“Dotted throughout the room were daggers and clubs, sickles and shields. It was like Murders-R-Us had had a sale and Eleanor had bought one of everything.”
― Ally Carter, The Most Wonderful Crime of the Year

“So, what you’re saying is, I’m what you want for Christmas?” She was turning red. She was trying to tease. “No.” Oh. “You’re what I want for always.”
― Ally Carter, The Most Wonderful Crime of the Year

“Maggie sighed, marveling at the fact that it was her least favorite night of the year and she was in bed with her least favorite person in the world. And she didn’t want to be anywhere else.”
― Ally Carter, The Most Wonderful Crime of the Year

“Maggie made a sound and grimaced. “I look like I’m one long white nightgown away from being killed in a gothic novel.” But Ethan simply said, “I’ll protect you.” She laughed softly. “From a ghost?” “From everything.”
― Ally Carter, The Most Wonderful Crime of the Year

“Someday he was going to crush the people who had crushed her spirit. He was going to grind them into dust and not give it a second thought.”
― Ally Carter, The Most Wonderful Crime of the Year

“It’s because I love you, Margaret Elizabeth Chase.” He almost sounded angry. “Don’t tell me I don’t, and don’t tell me to stop because, believe me, I’ve tried. I know you don’t feel the same. But I love you. And so I’m going to get you out of here.”
― Ally Carter, The Most Wonderful Crime of the Year

“Ethan knew he wanted to spend the rest of his life losing board games to this woman.”
― Ally Carter, The Most Wonderful Crime of the Year