Three Doors to Death Quotes

“Women don't require motives that are comprehensible to my intellectual processes.
(Nero Wolfe)”
― Rex Stout, Three Doors to Death

“Everything about her, the way she walked, the way she stood, her eyes and mouth and whole face, seemed to be saying, without trying or intending to, that if you happened to be hers, and she yours, life would be full of pleasant and interesting surprises.”
― Rex Stout, Three Doors to Death

“The best my head could do was let in a wild idea about the four of them taking turns with the window pole, presumably with Mrs. Demarest along to keep count of the jabs.”
― Rex Stout, Three Doors to Death

“On the table near the big globe were tree-ripened olives, mahallebi, three bowls of nuts, and a comprehensive array of liquids ranging from Wolfe’s best brandy down to beer. Each of the guests had a little table at his elbow. At a quarter to nine, when the last arrival had been ushered in, Bernard Daumery and Ward Roper had nothing on their tables but their napkins, Cynthia had Scotch and water, Demarest a Tom Collins, and Polly Zarella a glass and a bottle of Tokaji Essencia. Bernard had phoned around seven o’clock that we could expect him.”
― Rex Stout, Three Doors to Death

“Nonsense. Beer? Claret? Milk? Brandy?” “Scotch and water. I could use that.”
― Rex Stout, Three Doors to Death

“Cramer was unimpressed. He had got out a cigar and was rolling it between his palms. I never understood why he did that, since you roll a cigar to make it draw better, and he never lit one but only chewed it.”
― Rex Stout, Three Doors to Death

“habeas corpus ad subjiciendum.”
― Rex Stout, Three Doors to Death