The Mangle Street Murders Quotes

“The poor, I am told, are kind to each other but that is because they have nothing to lose,' he said. 'The rich cannot afford to be.”
― M.R.C. Kasasian, The Mangle Street Murders

“The human mind is not capable of comprehending or containing this world's agony.' Sidney Grice said, 'or we should all go mad.”
― M.R.C. Kasasian, The Mangle Street Murders

“It's a pity you are so poor & plain. And a shame you have such intelligence & spirit, Miss Middleton. You might otherwise make a man an acceptable spouse.”
― M.R.C. Kasasian, The Mangle Street Murders

“It was the start of love at second sight and love at second sight is love eternal. You told me that so it must be true.”
― M.R.C. Kasasian, The Mangle Street Murders

“Do you usually dine alone?" I asked.
"No," he said. "I always dine with a book.”
― M.R.C. Kasasian, The Mangle Street Murders

“The best lies are always flavoured with the truth but if the substance is rotten, it will stink no matter how much you try to disguise it.”
― M.R.C. Kasasian, The Mangle Street Murders

“When God created fools he put the biggest of them into uniform and gave them helmets to prevent any thoughts entering their heads,’ Sidney Grice said, his face almost drained with anger, as Inspector Pound turned on him.”
― M.R.C. Kasasian, The Mangle Street Murders

“I am always a reasonable man,’ he said. ‘Unfair, unkind and rude, I grant you, but my powers of reasoning have never failed me yet.”
― M.R.C. Kasasian, The Mangle Street Murders

“The criminal mind is perverted and convoluted but almost invariably unimaginative,'he said as Molly came out in a fluster”
― M.R.C. Kasasian, The Mangle Street Murders