A Beginner’s Guide to Murder Quotes

“Don't underestimate her,' I say. 'Old women can be very fierce.”
― Rosalind Stopps, A Beginner’s Guide to Murder

“Family is what you make it, ma'am,' Gordon said...'it helps, to make links, when the world is against you. A person on their own can get lost so easily.”
― Rosalind Stopps, A Beginner’s Guide to Murder

“A good man should never intrude on a conversation between women.”
― Rosalind Stopps, A Beginner’s Guide to Murder

“Heroes come in all shapes and sizes,' I say and the others nod as if I've said something wise.
'Indeed,' he says, 'and you three ladies are heroes. But even heroes need a helping hand.”
― Rosalind Stopps, A Beginner’s Guide to Murder

“There's a bit of trouble in every life," I said, 'and when you get older you can see that, and see the trouble other people are having, and it makes you want to help...”
― Rosalind Stopps, A Beginner’s Guide to Murder

“Girl, if we did everything like we were in some kind of film, or a story book, the world would be a different place. Everyone's got to do a little bit of what they can, and a little bit more than they can if they can, and then live with themselves afterwards.”
― Rosalind Stopps, A Beginner’s Guide to Murder

“If he hadn't said 'fair maidens' things might have been different. I doubt it, but they might have. But he did, and we bristled, and I don't think there's a group of women aged seventy or thereabouts in the world who wouldn't take exception to being called fair maidens.”
― Rosalind Stopps, A Beginner’s Guide to Murder