Top 60 Kerry Greenwood Quotes (2024 Update)
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Kerry Greenwood Quote: “One can look at a plumber, a labourer, and say without a great sense of irony, ‘He is a man, capable of the same heroism as Admiral Nelson or Saint Francis of Assisi.’ But no one looks at a woman and says, ‘She is a woman, she is capable of the same heroism as Lady Godiva or Anne Askew.’ Our heroines are separated from us. So instead of trying to make Man accept us as daughters of heroism, we must raise all women to the level of heroines.”

51. “One can look at a plumber, a labourer, and say without a great sense of irony, ‘He is a man, capable of the same heroism as Admiral Nelson or Saint Francis of Assisi.’ But no one looks at a woman and says, ‘She is a woman, she is capable of the same heroism as Lady Godiva or Anne Askew.’ Our heroines are separated from us. So instead of trying to make Man accept us as daughters of heroism, we must raise all women to the level of heroines.”

— Kerry Greenwood

Kerry Greenwood Quote: “Miss? Miss Phryne? Are you all right?’ ‘Come in, Dot. I’m fine. Some son of unmarried parents just tried to kidnap me.’ ‘What did you do with the body, Miss?”

52. “Miss? Miss Phryne? Are you all right?’ ‘Come in, Dot. I’m fine. Some son of unmarried parents just tried to kidnap me.’ ‘What did you do with the body, Miss?”

— Kerry Greenwood

Kerry Greenwood Quote: “It took determination to be really strange. That, or absinthe before breakfast every day.”

53. “It took determination to be really strange. That, or absinthe before breakfast every day.”

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Kerry Greenwood Quote: “Jane read her Anatomy, occasionally raising her eyes from a diagram to consider any human within sight in a dissecting sort of way which, Dot said, gave her the willies.”

54. “Jane read her Anatomy, occasionally raising her eyes from a diagram to consider any human within sight in a dissecting sort of way which, Dot said, gave her the willies.”

— Kerry Greenwood

Kerry Greenwood Quote: “There are good sailors. Well, some good sailors. In a way they are ideal as husbands. They drop in every six months for a wild celebration, then they drop out again before one gets bored with their company or annoyed with by their habits.”

55. “There are good sailors. Well, some good sailors. In a way they are ideal as husbands. They drop in every six months for a wild celebration, then they drop out again before one gets bored with their company or annoyed with by their habits.”

— Kerry Greenwood

Kerry Greenwood Quote: “One invited artists to social events, but only for the pleasure of their company. To invite singers or dancers to perform for their supper was inexpressively vulgar, and deserved a prompt and stinging rebuke.”

56. “One invited artists to social events, but only for the pleasure of their company. To invite singers or dancers to perform for their supper was inexpressively vulgar, and deserved a prompt and stinging rebuke.”

— Kerry Greenwood

Kerry Greenwood Quote: “Phryne read a detective story, frequently going back because she suddenly found herself reading a conversation between two characters she had not met before –.”

57. “Phryne read a detective story, frequently going back because she suddenly found herself reading a conversation between two characters she had not met before –.”

— Kerry Greenwood

Kerry Greenwood Quote: “Phryne was getting out of the car. Dot closed her eyes. Miss Fisher was about to happen to someone again.”

58. “Phryne was getting out of the car. Dot closed her eyes. Miss Fisher was about to happen to someone again.”

— Kerry Greenwood

Kerry Greenwood Quote: “Don’t be silly, Phryne, I’m an – ’ ‘Invert?’ said Phryne. ‘Of course you are.’ She said this as though he had just claimed to have blue eyes, as something utterly ordinary. ‘And that means,’ John persisted, ‘that I am a sinner.’ ‘Rubbish,’ said Phryne sharply. ‘No one can help whom they love. I am positive that your God doesn’t care a fig.”

59. “Don’t be silly, Phryne, I’m an – ’ ‘Invert?’ said Phryne. ‘Of course you are.’ She said this as though he had just claimed to have blue eyes, as something utterly ordinary. ‘And that means,’ John persisted, ‘that I am a sinner.’ ‘Rubbish,’ said Phryne sharply. ‘No one can help whom they love. I am positive that your God doesn’t care a fig.”

— Kerry Greenwood

Kerry Greenwood Quote: “I have a theory that kitchens, once they reach a certain level of complexity, attract new gadgets into their orbit, like planets.”

60. “I have a theory that kitchens, once they reach a certain level of complexity, attract new gadgets into their orbit, like planets.”

— Kerry Greenwood

Kerry Greenwood Quote: “If she’s a flapper,” mused the sergeant, wiping Passionate Rouge lipstick off his blameless mouth, “then I’m all for ’em, and I don’t care what Mum says.”

61. “If she’s a flapper,” mused the sergeant, wiping Passionate Rouge lipstick off his blameless mouth, “then I’m all for ’em, and I don’t care what Mum says.”

— Kerry Greenwood

Kerry Greenwood Quote: “Lindsay was treated likewise by Mr. Butler, who washed his face as though he was five years old and still unreliable with chocolate.”

62. “Lindsay was treated likewise by Mr. Butler, who washed his face as though he was five years old and still unreliable with chocolate.”

— Kerry Greenwood

Kerry Greenwood Quote: “We took the peaches to bed. It is always nice to have someone else to lick the peach juice off your breast.”

63. “We took the peaches to bed. It is always nice to have someone else to lick the peach juice off your breast.”

— Kerry Greenwood

Kerry Greenwood Quote: “Phryne always existed as a still, self-possessed point in a maelstrom. Usually she had created the maelstrom herself.”

64. “Phryne always existed as a still, self-possessed point in a maelstrom. Usually she had created the maelstrom herself.”

— Kerry Greenwood

Kerry Greenwood Quote: “His dad had always told him that the red-faced were blusterers, not to be taken seriously. ‘But if you see a bloke who’s pale and shaking, son,’ Bert’s father had instructed, ‘then run like blazes, because he might flamin’ kill you.”

65. “His dad had always told him that the red-faced were blusterers, not to be taken seriously. ‘But if you see a bloke who’s pale and shaking, son,’ Bert’s father had instructed, ‘then run like blazes, because he might flamin’ kill you.”

— Kerry Greenwood

Kerry Greenwood Quote: “My dear, the furniture is all castoffs. No point in having good furniture if you have children. One would be forever telling them not to bounce on the couch. Too fatiguing for me and too irritating for them.”

66. “My dear, the furniture is all castoffs. No point in having good furniture if you have children. One would be forever telling them not to bounce on the couch. Too fatiguing for me and too irritating for them.”

— Kerry Greenwood

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