A Spoonful of Murder Quotes

“Growing up, I thought, seemed to be something that mostly happened when you weren’t looking.”
― Robin Stevens, A Spoonful of Murder

“That is the problem with imagination – the more you use it, the more you see that the world in your head is not really the world you live in at all.”
― Robin Stevens, A Spoonful of Murder

“Tell that boy that we are detectives, and we have solved FIVE MURDER CASES!’ snarled Daisy. I looked at her, astonished – apparently, she can tell when the Detective Society is being demeaned in any language.”
― Robin Stevens, A Spoonful of Murder

“You are getting quite queenly, Hazel Wong,”
― Robin Stevens, A Spoonful of Murder

“For once, I simply needed her because she was my best friend.”
― Robin Stevens, A Spoonful of Murder

“I blushed, feeling very un-queen-like.”
― Robin Stevens, A Spoonful of Murder

“GOODNESS ME!’ said Daisy very loudly beside me. ‘IS THERE PRAWN IN THIS DUMPLING?”
― Robin Stevens, A Spoonful of Murder

“I breathed in the green heat and the dirt and the cooked-bun smell that is Hong Kong to me. ‘Yes,’ I said, and I could feel myself smiling. ‘It smells like home.’ ‘Not my home!’ said Daisy, sniffing bravely and trying not to use her handkerchief. ‘But – well, I suppose this is an adventure. I must just get used to it!”
― Robin Stevens, A Spoonful of Murder

“me than England is to you!’ I pointed out. ‘Goodness,’ said Daisy, blinking. ‘What an odd, Alice-in-Wonderland thought that is!”
― Robin Stevens, A Spoonful of Murder

“We’re not in a book!’ I cried. It would be quite lovely to know that, no matter what happens, everything will turn out all right in the end, but Daisy and I can never be sure of that.”
― Robin Stevens, A Spoonful of Murder

“I’m glad you’re on the case,’ he said. ‘I’m sorry I had to lie to get you to the meeting. You really are fearless.’ ‘Daisy’s fearless,’ I said automatically. ‘Not me.’ ‘Oh?’ said Ah Lan, raising an eyebrow. ‘If you say so.”
― Robin Stevens, A Spoonful of Murder

“Ah Lan brushed a strand of hair off his face, looking thoughtful. It was a little like one of Alexander’s gestures, I thought, and my heart jumped just to think of him. But this boy, of course, wasn’t like Alexander at all.”
― Robin Stevens, A Spoonful of Murder

“There is a huge golden globe in the middle of the floor, that you can spin and put your finger on and trace the countries sliding away under your hand. I used to love to do it when I was little.”
― Robin Stevens, A Spoonful of Murder

“Beware, Miss Wong,”
― Robin Stevens, A Spoonful of Murder

“Siu lung bau. Har gau. Fung tsao. Lo bak go. Tsaa leung. Char siu bao,”
― Robin Stevens, A Spoonful of Murder

“What an odd, Alice-in-Wonderland thought that is!”
― Robin Stevens, A Spoonful of Murder

“and I imagined her, straight-backed, glaring at her guest from her sofa.”
― Robin Stevens, A Spoonful of Murder