The Vampire Knitting Club Quotes

“That’s the thing about Oxford. You go for a drink in a pub with some guy and next thing he’s quoting Hamlet.”
― Nancy Warren, The Vampire Knitting Club

“He said, "We’ll get the knitting club onto it." "I beg your pardon?" "We've got a dozen vampires with not enough to do, who can go out at night. They can eavesdrop on conversations, get talking to people in pubs late at night. Think of them as your Baker Street irregulars.”
― Nancy Warren, The Vampire Knitting Club

“I’ve never believed in time travel, but when you walk around Oxford late at night, you are walking through history.”
― Nancy Warren, The Vampire Knitting Club

“I loved this part of Oxford. I liked that these working colleges allowed visitors to walk their beautiful gardens and view the ancient monuments and hear about their history while smart, pimply faced kids attended classes in the same buildings where Sir Walter Raleigh, Oscar Wilde and Helen Fielding had gone before them.”
― Nancy Warren, The Vampire Knitting Club

“One of the things I loved about Gran and her friends was that they offered tea as though it could cure everything from grief to lovesickness to stress.”
― Nancy Warren, The Vampire Knitting Club

“Itook my laptop next door to Elderflower Tea Shop. The Watt sisters might look like they belonged in a Brontë novel, but they had something the Brontës never had: high speed Wi-Fi.”
― Nancy Warren, The Vampire Knitting Club

“At least modern vampires had blood banks and other ways to get the blood they needed, and, thanks to the rise in skin cancer, modern technology had invented all sorts of fabrics to keep sun off the body. It must be much nicer being a vampire now than in the past.”
― Nancy Warren, The Vampire Knitting Club

“point banging your head against the pillow because you won't be falling asleep again.”
― Nancy Warren, The Vampire Knitting Club

“The French vampires started that rumor about carrying garlic so their victims would arrive already seasoned.”
― Nancy Warren, The Vampire Knitting Club

“He leaned in and quoted, “There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy.” That’s the thing about Oxford. You go for a drink in a pub with some guy and next thing he’s quoting Hamlet.”
― Nancy Warren, The Vampire Knitting Club

“But I never forgot Florence. And now, my wife has passed away, and I wondered if it was possible that Florence still remembered me as I remember her.”
― Nancy Warren, The Vampire Knitting Club

“I wondered if, now that she was a vampire, she had forgotten her connection to my world, the world of humans and of witches. I turned to Rafe. He was a sensible, intelligent vampire. Surely he could see what was going on here. "Rafe. Tell them this isn't fair. I need more time to prepare." He shrugged his elegant shoulders. "I never get involved in witch matters.”
― Nancy Warren, The Vampire Knitting Club

“It’s the only lead I’ve got.”
― Nancy Warren, The Vampire Knitting Club

“I wouldn't think it was an easy thing to stab someone in the chest. There are the ribs to get through, and one of the roles they play is to stop damage to vital organs beneath. Her killer had known what they were doing.”
― Nancy Warren, The Vampire Knitting Club

“This was excellent news. It had only been a few weeks since her attack so I hoped there would still be scars.”
― Nancy Warren, The Vampire Knitting Club

“Who could possibly benefit but another knitting shop owner?”
― Nancy Warren, The Vampire Knitting Club

“One of you is obviously lying. How on earth do I figure out which one? You both have something to gain.”
― Nancy Warren, The Vampire Knitting Club

“No. I have a place near Woodstock, but I’ve been spending more time here lately.” Sylvia made a sound like she was clucking. “For one very obvious reason.” I glanced at her and waited for more, but Gran said, “Now, Sylvia. Leave them be.” I glanced swiftly at Rafe but he appeared oblivious.”
― Nancy Warren, The Vampire Knitting Club

“Imagine how many sweaters I could knit for the price of your golf membership.”
― Nancy Warren, The Vampire Knitting Club

“I have particularly acute hearing, but Gran had obviously forgotten this fact.”
― Nancy Warren, The Vampire Knitting Club

“She lifted her head, looked at me, and burped.”
― Nancy Warren, The Vampire Knitting Club

“Though why would this incredibly sexy, sophisticated man be interested in me? I was the girl-next-door type, a solid B student, and he was the kind of sexy academic who probably dated brilliant supermodels.”
― Nancy Warren, The Vampire Knitting Club

“That’s what Gran always said. I’m too impatient. If you’d ever tried knitting, you’d understand.” “I can knit,” he said. Okay, that surprised me so much I choked on a sip of sherry. “Seriously?”
― Nancy Warren, The Vampire Knitting Club

“His blue gaze was intent and not even when a drunk undergrad bumped into the back of his chair and mumbled a slurred, “Sorry, mate,” did his gaze waver from mine.”
― Nancy Warren, The Vampire Knitting Club

“Toad is single again!!!!” Jenn also loved the exclamation mark the way some people love Margaritas or chocolate.”
― Nancy Warren, The Vampire Knitting Club

“The atmosphere was so dull, the cactus I brought into work died. I was certain it died of boredom.”
― Nancy Warren, The Vampire Knitting Club

“Every noise, whether inside or out, had me opening my eyes wide to search out any possible danger until exhaustion finally claimed me and I slept.”
― Nancy Warren, The Vampire Knitting Club

“Maybe she’d spoken of me to him but I was positive my grandmother had never mentioned tall-dark-and-snooty. I’d have remembered.”
― Nancy Warren, The Vampire Knitting Club

“You meet in the shop? But what do you do here?” They looked at me as though I’d said something very stupid. Rafe and Sylvia answered together, “We knit.”
― Nancy Warren, The Vampire Knitting Club

“needed comforting after discovering my boyfriend of two years, Todd, had stuck his salami in someone else’s sandwich. I referred to him now as my ex-boyfriend ‘The Toad.”
― Nancy Warren, The Vampire Knitting Club