The Pot Thief Mysteries Volume One Quotes

“I was not shot at. I was hit in the chest.” “No, you were hit in the book. It’s a good thing the uncertainty principle is so complicated. If you’d been reading a Harlequin Romance, you’d be dead.” “I wouldn’t be caught dead reading a Harlequin Romance.” Evidently she missed the humor.”
― J. Michael Orenduff, The Pot Thief Mysteries Volume One: The Pot Thief Who Studied Pythagoras, The Pot Thief Who Studied Ptolemy, and The Pot Thief Who Studied Einstein

“Susannah tells me that crime scene investigation is all the rage on television these days. I picture Sherlock Holmes bending over a corpse with his magnifying glass. Holmes’ magnifying glass, that is. The corpse probably wouldn’t have one.”
― J. Michael Orenduff, The Pot Thief Mysteries Volume One: The Pot Thief Who Studied Pythagoras, The Pot Thief Who Studied Ptolemy, and The Pot Thief Who Studied Einstein

“If you interfere, you will certainly hurt her. If you do not, she may still be hurt, but is not certain. Better to have romance and risk a hurt than to have a hurt inflicted on you by a well-meaning friend.”
― J. Michael Orenduff, The Pot Thief Mysteries Volume One: The Pot Thief Who Studied Pythagoras, The Pot Thief Who Studied Ptolemy, and The Pot Thief Who Studied Einstein

“It’s a sad commentary on America’s literacy that a book urging you to adopt the habits of “successful” people—meaning those who wear dark suits, lack a sense of humor, invent things like hedge funds and send their kids to Harvard—is a best seller.”
― J. Michael Orenduff, The Pot Thief Mysteries Volume One: The Pot Thief Who Studied Pythagoras, The Pot Thief Who Studied Ptolemy, and The Pot Thief Who Studied Einstein

“Morgan’s speech is just peppered with those cute French phrases. I do think it sounds so high class, don’t you agree?” “Using French is quite de rigueur these days,” I said. “Yes,” he said uncertainly. “One might almost say it’s derriere,” I added. “Precisely,” said Morgan.”
― J. Michael Orenduff, The Pot Thief Mysteries Volume One: The Pot Thief Who Studied Pythagoras, The Pot Thief Who Studied Ptolemy, and The Pot Thief Who Studied Einstein

“New Mexico’s potters are free to use iridescent glazes and decorate their pots with embedded casino chips if they want to, but I don’t have to buy and sell the stuff.”
― J. Michael Orenduff, The Pot Thief Mysteries Volume One: The Pot Thief Who Studied Pythagoras, The Pot Thief Who Studied Ptolemy, and The Pot Thief Who Studied Einstein

“The connection between the ancient potter and the contemporary one has nothing to do with tribe or ethnicity. We humans are not our bones, our flesh color, or our eye shape. We are what we do. Culture is behavioral, not biological.”
― J. Michael Orenduff, The Pot Thief Mysteries Volume One: The Pot Thief Who Studied Pythagoras, The Pot Thief Who Studied Ptolemy, and The Pot Thief Who Studied Einstein