Murder at the Brightwell Quotes

“Poor darling," he said, shaking his head, "you're not cold-hearted enough to be a detective. You only want the disagreeable people to be guilty, and I'm afraid you'll find that life isn't like that.”
― Ashley Weaver, Murder at the Brightwell

“Love makes a mess of things, doesn't it?' he said, as though he was speaking to himself. 'People are always falling in love with the wrong people. It happens over and over. It would be so much simpler if . . .”
― Ashley Weaver, Murder at the Brightwell

“We looked into one another's eyes, and I think we both knew in that instant that the past was behind us. We could never be to each other what we had been once.”
― Ashley Weaver, Murder at the Brightwell

“We had become adept at not addressing the steadily growing distance between us.”
― Ashley Weaver, Murder at the Brightwell

“IT IS AN impossibly great trial to be married to a man one loves and hates in equal proportions.”
― Ashley Weaver, Murder at the Brightwell

“I had always prided myself on my independence, but at that moment what I longed for was someone with whom I could talk and share my troubles. It was in moments like these that I felt the hollowness of my marriage the keenest. In those whirlwind days of my courtship I had failed to take into account the fact that storms of life called for stronger stuff than the easy flow of smooth endearments and witty banter.”
― Ashley Weaver, Murder at the Brightwell

“I set my napkin down and rose. “I have no secrets from you, Milo.” I turned as I reached the door and flashed his smile back at him. “If I had a lover, I would certainly inform you of it.”
― Ashley Weaver, Murder at the Brightwell

“In the meantime, the porter's gone. How much time until we reach our next stop?'

I glanced at my wristwatch, an absurd fluttery feeling in my stomach. 'Nearly an hour.'

'Excellent,' he said, lowering his mouth again to mine. 'Let's make the most of it.'

And so we did.”
― Ashley Weaver, Murder at the Brightwell

“He waved a hand. 'Never mind. It doesn't matter. Perhaps I did look guilty there for a while. In any event, it was interesting being the prime suspect for a moment or two.'

'If only we'd confided in one another,' I said. 'But we've never been very good at that, have we?'

'It could be worse. At least you've never tried to drown me in my bathtub.'

I let out a sound that was some cross between a laugh and a sigh. 'Do be serious, Milo.”
― Ashley Weaver, Murder at the Brightwell

“In the novels, it always seemed best to keep the suspect talking. Inevitably, help would arrive. I really held out no hope for such an opportune occurrence, but it seemed the best course of action would be to distract her until I could determine what to do.”
― Ashley Weaver, Murder at the Brightwell

“The letter wasn't at all in Milo's style. He would have issued a much more elegant threat on vastly superior stationery.”
― Ashley Weaver, Murder at the Brightwell

“I stared at the list, as though willing the murderer's name to appear in red letters before my eyes. I felt I was so close to discovering something, if only I could find the right link, some bit of information that would point in the right direction. At least, that was how it worked in the mystery novels.”
― Ashley Weaver, Murder at the Brightwell

“Well, one can't stop love, can one?”
― Ashley Weaver, Murder at the Brightwell

“Nevertheless, my mind refused to form any expectations; I had long ago learned that it was better not to get my hopes up.”
― Ashley Weaver, Murder at the Brightwell

“I suppose it's wicked of me not to be in hysterics, but I just...don't feel anything. Does that make sense? I'm so numb; I think it hasn't quite sunk in.”
― Ashley Weaver, Murder at the Brightwell

“I always read when I have nothing better to do”
― Ashley Weaver, Murder at the Brightwell

“My mind was much too full for quiet solitude at the moment.”
― Ashley Weaver, Murder at the Brightwell

“My mind was tired of attempting to process my constantly churning thoughts”
― Ashley Weaver, Murder at the Brightwell

“It had been a long day, and I was tired in mind as well as body.”
― Ashley Weaver, Murder at the Brightwell

“What fools the young are, so full of confidence and blissful ignorance.”
― Ashley Weaver, Murder at the Brightwell

“He turned, regarding me with a solemn expression. "It's not so hard to read your mind, but your eyes are harder to read than they used to be."
"Concealment comes with practice," I replied.”
― Ashley Weaver, Murder at the Brightwell

“I never knew how to take Milo's little bursts of sweetness. It was not that I suspected him of insincerity. It was just that his sincerity was so short-lived I dared not become accustomed to it.”
― Ashley Weaver, Murder at the Brightwell

“really”
― Ashley Weaver, Murder at the Brightwell

“And rest assured, Emmeline, I’m going to find out who did.”
― Ashley Weaver, Murder at the Brightwell

“I seldom suspect people unduly, Mrs. Ames.”
― Ashley Weaver, Murder at the Brightwell

“In those whirlwind days of my courtship, I had failed to take into account the fact that storms of life called for stronger stuff than the easy flow of smooth endearments and witty banter.”
― Ashley Weaver, Murder at the Brightwell

“Perhaps opposites really do attract.”
― Ashley Weaver, Murder at the Brightwell

“Not many imaginative crimes these days,” he said as the dance came to an end. “Mainly stupid people doing stupid things.”
― Ashley Weaver, Murder at the Brightwell

“managed to walk a surprisingly successful line between formal Victorian and sleek, modern art deco.”
― Ashley Weaver, Murder at the Brightwell

“In fact, he seemed to distinctly lack the sort of bluster and bravado I had come to associate with gentlemen of the theatrical profession. I realized, of course, that my assumptions were based on clichés, but I had known a fair share of actors, and many of them demonstrated decidedly stereotypical qualities.”
― Ashley Weaver, Murder at the Brightwell