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Ruth Downie quotes: Talking with this girl is like trying to catch fleas, you never know which way she was going to jump.

Talking with this girl is like trying to catch fleas, you never know which way she was going to jump.

Ruth Downie quotes: A little knowledge would unlock the gates to vast and unsuspected gates of ignorance.

A little knowledge would unlock the gates to vast and unsuspected gates of ignorance.

Ruth Downie quotes: Socrates was a wise man. Surveying the goods on a market stall, the great one was said to have remarked, What a lot of things a man doesn't need!

Socrates was a wise man. Surveying the goods on a market stall, the great one was said to have remarked, What a lot of things a man doesn't need!

Ruth Downie quotes: But she's only a woman!" The watch captain shook his head again. "So was Helen of Troy, sir. Look what she started.

But she's only a woman!" The watch captain shook his head again. "So was Helen of Troy, sir. Look what she started.

Ruth Downie quotes: But, when she was alone, someone rapped on the door and she found herself on her feet, knife in hand, before she had time to reason with her fear.

But, when she was alone, someone rapped on the door and she found herself on her feet, knife in hand, before she had time to reason with her fear.

Ruth Downie quotes: Sparrows and pigeons and a blackbird were celebrating the morning in the courtyard.

Sparrows and pigeons and a blackbird were celebrating the morning in the courtyard.

Ruth Downie quotes: What color is time? Where do the thoughts of the dead go? How is it diseases spread but miracles don't? Have you ever thought of that?

What color is time? Where do the thoughts of the dead go? How is it diseases spread but miracles don't? Have you ever thought of that?

Ruth Downie quotes: Britannia's big enough to count, but remote enough not to matter.

Britannia's big enough to count, but remote enough not to matter.

Ruth Downie quotes: They say opposites attract, but like meets like, too.

They say opposites attract, but like meets like, too.

Ruth Downie quotes: You can't do anything with a man whose mind is gone.

You can't do anything with a man whose mind is gone.

Ruth Downie quotes: Quid nomen tibi est? She was not about to offer her name up to a stranger. It was almost the only thing she possessed that nobody had stolen.

Quid nomen tibi est? She was not about to offer her name up to a stranger. It was almost the only thing she possessed that nobody had stolen.

Ruth Downie quotes: There's no good in moping girl, there's work to be done... Have you forgotten, nobody likes a person who feels sorry for herself.

There's no good in moping girl, there's work to be done... Have you forgotten, nobody likes a person who feels sorry for herself.

Ruth Downie quotes: Wriggled to avoid the lump that always seemed directly under

Wriggled to avoid the lump that always seemed directly under

Ruth Downie quotes: There were many things a man might think he should be told when a woman agreed to marry him. She had choose not to mention several of them

There were many things a man might think he should be told when a woman agreed to marry him. She had choose not to mention several of them

Ruth Downie quotes: Back from where? you're not going out again and leaving me here are you?? Holy Hercules I sound like somebody's wife

Back from where? you're not going out again and leaving me here are you?? Holy Hercules I sound like somebody's wife

Ruth Downie quotes: Women are not always what we seem to be. What our reputations would tell you. Nor do we only exist in reference to our fathers, husbands, and sons.

Women are not always what we seem to be. What our reputations would tell you. Nor do we only exist in reference to our fathers, husbands, and sons.

Ruth Downie quotes: That was one of the bad things about being able to read: people could nag you from a great distance.

That was one of the bad things about being able to read: people could nag you from a great distance.

Ruth Downie quotes: It was a mystery why the army bothered with a signal communication system when its men were so good at gossip.

It was a mystery why the army bothered with a signal communication system when its men were so good at gossip.

Ruth Downie quotes: Why did so many die in the night? As though they wished to kiss us and deliver us with sweet dreams before taking their leave of the world.

Why did so many die in the night? As though they wished to kiss us and deliver us with sweet dreams before taking their leave of the world.