Real Murders Quotes

“I gripped the stapler even harder and felt like a fool planning to battle a crazy man with a stapler that even, I suddenly remembered, contained no staples. Well, strike that line of defense.”
― Charlaine Harris, Real Murders

“I settled opposite him in my favorite chair, low enough that my feet can touch the floor, wide enough to curl up inside, with a little table beside it just big enough to hold a book and a coffee cup.”
― Charlaine Harris, Real Murders

“Maybe I hadn't been a big dating success because I was a boring person, but possibly it had been because I had limited tolerance for all this preliminary maneuvering and signal reading. - Aurora”
― Charlaine Harris, Real Murders

“I’d often thought being a Christian meant by definition being a bad one, since nothing is more difficult than Christianity, so I was more or less used to that feeling.”
― Charlaine Harris, Real Murders

“I had a neat and tidy life in a messy world, and if sometimes I suspected I was trying to fulfill the stereotype of a small-town librarian, well, I had yearnings to play other roles, too.”
― Charlaine Harris, Real Murders

“You have to keep it so you don’t lose anything if he decides he’s not interested.” Amina was interested in saving face.”
― Charlaine Harris, Real Murders

“Jane looked sweet and fragile as aged lace, but after thirty years of school children she was tough as a marine sergeant.”
― Charlaine Harris, Real Murders

“I felt there must be substance below the stuffed-shirt exterior. After all, he was a Lizzie Borden expert…”
― Charlaine Harris, Real Murders