Three Witnesses Quotes

“You can’t have women working in an office building after two a.m. unless it’s a public service, but I have to give my clients all-night service, so there on Sixty-ninth Street I’ve got four operators for the three switchboards, and they all live right there in the apartment. That way I can have one at the boards from eight till two at night, and another one from two o’clock on. After nine in the morning three are on, one for each board, for the daytime load.”
― Rex Stout, Three Witnesses

“Herodotus said, “Death is a delightful hiding-place for weary men.” Epictetus said, “What is death but a bugbear?” Montaigne said, “The deadest deaths are the best.” I’ll quote those to the man I’m going to kill and then he won’t mind”
― Rex Stout, Three Witnesses

“Nonsense. Complete candor is beyond the reach of man or woman. If”
― Rex Stout, Three Witnesses

“He looked uncomfortable. He saw that a pencil on his desk was not in its proper place, and moved it, and studied it a while to decide if that was the best spot after all. At length he came back to me.”
― Rex Stout, Three Witnesses

“But when you’re there, there you are, and”
― Rex Stout, Three Witnesses

“off—it was a hot night. We got back after midnight.” “In your car?” “No, Helen Weltz had let us take hers. She has a Jaguar.” My brows went up, and I spoke. “A Jaguar,” I told Wolfe,”
― Rex Stout, Three Witnesses