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My black cat was named Blackie. — Martha Grimes

I love stories. I just enjoy telling stories and watching what these characters do - although writing continues to be just as hard as it always was. — Martha Grimes

Writers just kept on staring at nothing until they wrote something. Might be two minutes or two weeks. — Martha Grimes

Mad, is he? Then I hope he will bite some of my other generals. — King George II

Arnold was a dog's dog. Whenever he shuffled along walks and through alleyways, he always gave the impression of being on to something big. — Martha Grimes

Old willows trailed veils of wet leaves across his path. Moss crawled up the headstones. The place was otherwise deserted. — Martha Grimes

Rest and quiet are the comforts of those who have been content to remain in obscurity. — Anthony Trollope

I'm knocking our pitiful, pathetic lawmakers. — Jimmy Swaggart

Children can ask what adults don't dare to because we don't want to admit we're scared and we don't really want to hear the answers. — Martha Grimes

Losing one's mind is surely like losing one's virginity. Lose a little, lose a lot. — Martha Grimes

Writing a mystery is more difficult than other kinds of books because a mystery has a certain framework that must be superimposed over the story. — Martha Grimes

Silence is a way of saying: we do not have to entertain each other; we are okay as we are. — Martha Grimes

We don't know who we are until we see what we can do. — Martha Grimes

Most people see what they want to, or at least what they expect to. — Martha Grimes

I have readers tell me that I must be bored, but that's not true. I am never bored with the characters. I like them. — Martha Grimes

Family is what grounds you. — Angelina Jolie

I don't think I could have just kept writing the 'Richard Jury' books. It wasn't that I was bored or dissatisfied. I just had to write something else. — Martha Grimes

I'm not perfect and I'm not always right, but I'm here, open, paying attention, loving you, and fully engaged. — Brene Brown

An idyllic childhood is probably illusion. — Martha Grimes

I don't have to hang around a pub, really, to get an idea. I usually visit it once, get the layout, the atmosphere, the feel of it. — Martha Grimes

Writing is an antisocial act. — Martha Grimes

To err is human; to forgive divine.
Alexander Pope"
Excerpt From: Moriarty, Liane. "The Husband's Secret. — Alexander Pope

Talking's just a nervous habit. — Martha Grimes

Which had a top layer of truth to it, but latticed, like the caramel on the cronuts. — William Gibson

The English inn stands permanently planted at the confluence of the roads of history, memory, and romance. — Martha Grimes

The England I write about doesn't strike me as the real one. — Martha Grimes

I cleared my throat - it isn't frogs you get in your throat; it's memories. — Martha Grimes

I do Q&As, not readings. — Martha Grimes

I'm constantly battling writer's block; it usually takes me two hours to write anything. — Martha Grimes

Before you hate something you should try to understand it. — Martha Grimes

When you write the first book of a series, you do have to be careful what you put in because then you are stuck with it. — Martha Grimes