The Mystery of the Haunted Cottage Quotes

“You have no idea the power generated each time somebody is told a story. When a conscious, sentient mind willingly ignores what is real, what is fact, and instead chooses to invest in people and places that never existed...It's magnificent.”
― Derek Landy, The Mystery of the Haunted Cottage

“And I don't need to look clever. I am clever. The fact that I look clever is merely a bonus.”
― Derek Landy, The Mystery of the Haunted Cottage

“I don’t find you suspicious at all.’ He turned to Martha and whispered, ‘I find him incredibly suspicious.”
― Derek Landy, The Mystery Of The Haunted Cottage

“Children can be so cruel,’ the Doctor said. ‘Children’s writers can be even worse.”
― Puffin, The Mystery Of The Haunted Cottage

“The Doctor put his finger to his lips and Martha nodded and followed him as quietly as she could. Wet leaves squelched under her feet. There was movement up ahead: two teenagers, a pale boy and a nervous girl, walked into a clearing. The sun broke through the clouds and the boy started to sparkle.
Martha felt the Doctor’s eyes on her and she blushed. ‘Do not judge me.’
‘Judging is for later,’ he said, and they continued on, giving the young lovers a wide berth.”
― Derek Landy, The Mystery of the Haunted Cottage

“Ah, yes,’ said the Doctor, ‘because 2007 has none of those things.”
― Puffin, The Mystery Of The Haunted Cottage

“First rule of being a detective,' the Doctor said a he knocked on the door, 'is to observe. Observe the obvious, and observe the not-so-obvious. Observing the not-so-obvious is not as easy as observing the obvious, but if it were easy everyone would be at it.”
― Derek Landy, The Mystery of the Haunted Cottage

“Children can be so cruel,’ the Doctor said. ‘Children’s writers can be even worse.”
― Derek Landy, The Mystery Of The Haunted Cottage