A Picture of Murder Quotes

“She was utterly devoted to the world’s most preposterous dog.”
― T E Kinsey, A Picture of Murder

“I’ve quite taken against the woman,’ she said. ‘I could easily be persuaded that she would kill three people just to get a decent cup of tea.”
― T E Kinsey, A Picture of Murder

“Not then, I couldn’t,’ I said. ‘I was just a frightened eighteen-year-old girl with less sense than the Good Lord gave a cabbage.”
― T E Kinsey, A Picture of Murder

“Every time we think we’ve got the chance to enjoy ourselves, someone comes along and dies. Quite”
― T E Kinsey, A Picture of Murder

“A stiff upper lip is much less impressive when its stiffness is caused by its being frozen solid. But”
― T E Kinsey, A Picture of Murder

“poor”
― T.E. Kinsey, A Picture of Murder

“I’d fight to the death to protect his right to hold any opinion he wishes, and for his right to express that opinion openly. But I’d also fight to the death not to have to listen to him while he’s doing so.”
― T.E. Kinsey, A Picture of Murder

“I’m not certain whether they believe it to be unchristian or whether they’ve manufactured a plausible religious objection to bolster their complaint.”
― T.E. Kinsey, A Picture of Murder

“Mine is a loving God who takes delight in the achievements of His creation. He’s sophisticated and wise and understands the subtleties of Man’s ingenious inventions.”
― T.E. Kinsey, A Picture of Murder

“Your artistic endeavours may yet be the salvation of your shaky reputation.”
― T.E. Kinsey, A Picture of Murder

“lunch.”
― T.E. Kinsey, A Picture of Murder

“The conversation soon returned to the murders, but as far as I could make out we were just rehashing the same observations and arguments. There are only so many times one can hear the phrase ‘But why on earth would he do such a thing?’ before the mind begins to wander towards thoughts of lunch.”
― T.E. Kinsey, A Picture of Murder

“The conversation soon returned to the murders, but as far as I could make out we were just rehashing the same observations and arguments.”
― T.E. Kinsey, A Picture of Murder

“I’ve never quite understood the idea of killing someone who upsets you. They can’t be sorry once they’re dead. And even at the moment of their death they might not know it was you who killed them, or why. Far better to ruin them, to make their lives a misery.’ ‘Remind me never to upset you,’ she said.”
― T.E. Kinsey, A Picture of Murder

“But why would he kill one of his own cast? It’s not quite killing the goose that laid the golden egg, but it’s just making work for yourself to kill your own staff.’ ‘I know,’ she said. ‘The same thought has saved your life more than once.”
― T.E. Kinsey, A Picture of Murder

“One of the best ways of getting people to tell you things that they might otherwise prefer to keep hidden is to make a false statement and give them the chance to disagree with you. Even the most reticent of people love to contradict you when they think they know something you don’t, and they love explaining exactly why you’re wrong.”
― T.E. Kinsey, A Picture of Murder

“One of the best ways of getting people to tell you things that they might otherwise prefer to keep hidden is to make a false statement and give them the chance to disagree with you.”
― T.E. Kinsey, A Picture of Murder

“He was a generous soul with a heart uncluttered by malice and a mouth uncluttered by teeth.”
― T.E. Kinsey, A Picture of Murder

“She moved about the world surrounded by an invisible cloud of disorder and disarray. She could walk into a room, have a conversation with someone, and then leave without apparently having touched anything. Once she was gone, the room would be in a state of chaos, as though a storm had passed through.”
― T E Kinsey, A Picture of Murder

“thought, “Who’s most likely to have seen all the comings and goings? That’ll be my pal Daisy.” So”
― T E Kinsey, A Picture of Murder

“heaven knows there is much in the modern world that I should like to complain about had I the time to devote to it – but I do wish people like Hughes wouldn’t involve the Lord quite so recklessly in their endeavours. One has to admire the resourcefulness they exhibit in their careful selection of scriptural texts to support their small-mindedness, but it doesn’t always sit well with the Christianity I preach.”
― T E Kinsey, A Picture of Murder

“I do love village life,’ she said, shifting a little in the armchair to make herself comfortable. ‘But it does seem to involve a great deal more commitment and effort than living in the city.”
― T E Kinsey, A Picture of Murder

“Occam’s Razor,’ she said. ‘The solution with the fewest assumptions is most likely to be correct.”
― T E Kinsey, A Picture of Murder

“Once she was gone, the room would be in a state of chaos, as though a storm had passed through.”
― T E Kinsey, A Picture of Murder

“Lady Hardcastle was untidy. She moved about the world surrounded by an invisible cloud of disorder and disarray. She could walk into a room, have a conversation with someone, and then leave without apparently having touched anything.”
― T E Kinsey, A Picture of Murder

“You’re wasting your time, certainly, but you’re doing nothing wrong.”
― T E Kinsey, A Picture of Murder

“I find him very wearisome,’ he said. ‘I’d fight to the death to protect his right to hold any opinion he wishes, and for his right to express that opinion openly. But I’d also fight to the death not to have to listen to him while he’s doing so.”
― T E Kinsey, A Picture of Murder

“You’re quite a frightening woman, you know.’ ‘People keep saying that,’ I said. ‘I always thought of myself as winsome and charming.”
― T E Kinsey, A Picture of Murder

“You understand how the machinery works, but not the mind controlling it.”
― T E Kinsey, A Picture of Murder

“Better out than in, our ma always used to say,’ said Edna. ‘You shouldn’t bottle things up.’ ‘You could give it a go once in a while,’ said Miss Jones quietly.”
― T E Kinsey, A Picture of Murder