More of the wit and wisdom of Mrs Bradley

'We might get impaled. That would be beastly.'

— Gladys Mitchell, The Rising of the Moon

‘There is a good deal to be said for the discovery of dead bodies in libraries rather than in beauty spots.’

— Gladys Mitchell, The Crozier Pharaohs

‘They cling to their opinions with the single-minded tenacity of limpets clinging to rocks.'

— Gladys Mitchell, The Death-Cap Dancers

‘If you will pursue your present line of argument, you will come to a conclusion. Whether that conclusion is correct, only time, of course, will show.'

— Gladys Mitchell, Three Quick and Five Dead

‘What a thing it is to have an imagination nourished at its inception among the dark hills of the firm, true, and tender north,’ said Mrs Bradley.

— Gladys Mitchell, Watson's Choice

'I suspect that we all imagine our own lives to be sacred, but I feel that most of us are not nearly as certain when it comes to the lives of other people.'

— Gladys Mitchell, The Twenty-Third Man