Agatha Raisin and the Case of the Curious Curate Quotes

“You know, Mrs. Raisin, beauty is such a dangerous thing. It can slow character formation because people are always willing to credit the beautiful with character attributes they do not have.”
― M.C. Beaton, Agatha Raisin and the Case of the Curious Curate

“Wrong. The children have ruined Christmas for the adults.’ Agatha looked at him, puzzled. ‘How do you explain that?’ ‘They’ve come to expect to get exactly what they want. I know all this from friends of mine with children. Something new comes out in July, say. They clamour for it. No use saying, “Wait till Christmas.” They have to have it right away because it’ll be old hat by Christmas. They don’t want surprises. They want what they demand. So there are no shining faces under the Christmas tree, radiant with surprise and gratitude. Only complaints like, “Why did you buy me this computer game? It’s months old.” Greedy children and disappointed parents, that’s Christmas.”
― M.C. Beaton, Agatha Raisin and the Curious Curate

“A son and daughter and six grandchildren.” “Must be nice for you when they come on a visit.” “I’m afraid I only see them at Christmas. I think they find visits to me rather boring. The children are dreadfully spoilt.” How awful, thought Agatha, to be trapped here, never seeing anyone. Her mind worked busily. She would suggest to Mrs. Bloxby that they start an old folks’ club. Her stocks and shares had been doing very well. Maybe she could see about getting the church hall renovated, turn it into an old folks’ club. “The reason we called,”
― M.C. Beaton, Agatha Raisin and the Case of the Curious Curate

“I had it in my mind that whoever beat him up or had him beaten up had something to do with his murder. A powerful man like Binser could have had him beaten up.” “You’ve been watching too many left-wing dramas on the box about sinister company executives, Agatha.” “It could have happened that way,” said Agatha stubbornly.”
― M.C. Beaton, Agatha Raisin and the Case of the Curious Curate