Top 20 Robin Stevens Quotes (2024 Update)

Robin Stevens Quote: “Murder is always foolish,′ said the Inspector. ‘If people only murdered each other rationally, I would be out of a job.”

2. “Murder is always foolish,′ said the Inspector. ‘If people only murdered each other rationally, I would be out of a job.”

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Robin Stevens Quote: “I was so angry that I only thought about the sticky toffee pudding twice on the way out.”

3. “I was so angry that I only thought about the sticky toffee pudding twice on the way out.”

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Robin Stevens Quote: “There were carollers singing beside King’s College Chapel as we passed, their breath smoking with the song.”

4. “There were carollers singing beside King’s College Chapel as we passed, their breath smoking with the song.”

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Robin Stevens Quote: “I breathed in the green heat and the dirt and the cooked-bun smell that is Hong Kong to me. ‘Yes,’ I said, and I could feel myself smiling. ‘It smells like home.’ ‘Not my home!’ said Daisy, sniffing bravely and trying not to use her handkerchief. ‘But – well, I suppose this is an adventure. I must just get used to it!”

5. “I breathed in the green heat and the dirt and the cooked-bun smell that is Hong Kong to me. ‘Yes,’ I said, and I could feel myself smiling. ‘It smells like home.’ ‘Not my home!’ said Daisy, sniffing bravely and trying not to use her handkerchief. ‘But – well, I suppose this is an adventure. I must just get used to it!”

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Robin Stevens Quote: “Growing up, I thought, seemed to be something that mostly happened when you weren’t looking.”

6. “Growing up, I thought, seemed to be something that mostly happened when you weren’t looking.”

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Robin Stevens Quote: “There were always things lurking, ready to throw your life off balance.”

7. “There were always things lurking, ready to throw your life off balance.”

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Robin Stevens Quote: “After all, grown-ups always underestimate children. Children never underestimate each other.”

8. “After all, grown-ups always underestimate children. Children never underestimate each other.”

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Robin Stevens Quote: “It was full of the most delicious displays, piled high with pink and white fancies, cakes piped with cream and scattered with nuts, and absolutely heaps of swirled golden-brown buns. They were studded with raisins and dripping with syrup. My mouth watered. It had been hours since those train sandwiches, their cheese slightly warm and their chutney gluey. Beyond the buns I saw tables full of people enjoying splendid teas. My stomach gurgled.”

9. “It was full of the most delicious displays, piled high with pink and white fancies, cakes piped with cream and scattered with nuts, and absolutely heaps of swirled golden-brown buns. They were studded with raisins and dripping with syrup. My mouth watered. It had been hours since those train sandwiches, their cheese slightly warm and their chutney gluey. Beyond the buns I saw tables full of people enjoying splendid teas. My stomach gurgled.”

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Robin Stevens Quote: “One of the rules of the Detective Society is that we never say no to tea.”

10. “One of the rules of the Detective Society is that we never say no to tea.”

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Robin Stevens Quote: “It really is silly when adults try to protect children, as though we are not on our way to becoming adults ourselves.”

11. “It really is silly when adults try to protect children, as though we are not on our way to becoming adults ourselves.”

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Robin Stevens Quote: “My good sir,′ he said, ’do you know to whom you are speaking? I am the Prince of Bengal and these are my friends, the Princess of Kowloon and the Duke of Massachusettes. We are waiting for my father, the Maharajah, to come out of this bookshop so he can take us to the Ritz for tea. Do you intend to prevent us from going about our business?”

12. “My good sir,′ he said, ’do you know to whom you are speaking? I am the Prince of Bengal and these are my friends, the Princess of Kowloon and the Duke of Massachusettes. We are waiting for my father, the Maharajah, to come out of this bookshop so he can take us to the Ritz for tea. Do you intend to prevent us from going about our business?”

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Robin Stevens Quote: “That is the problem with imagination – the more you use it, the more you see that the world in your head is not really the world you live in at all.”

13. “That is the problem with imagination – the more you use it, the more you see that the world in your head is not really the world you live in at all.”

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Robin Stevens Quote: “Mr Reid had rugged cheekbones and a dashing.”

14. “Mr Reid had rugged cheekbones and a dashing.”

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Robin Stevens Quote: “But,’ Mr Mansour cried, ’you are girls! Girls cannot be in the police!”

15. “But,’ Mr Mansour cried, ’you are girls! Girls cannot be in the police!”

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Robin Stevens Quote: “I don’t like to see girls wasting their talents. You are both clever, that I can see. And if you have brains, you ought to use them. It isn’t good for women to be ignored and side-lined.”

16. “I don’t like to see girls wasting their talents. You are both clever, that I can see. And if you have brains, you ought to use them. It isn’t good for women to be ignored and side-lined.”

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Robin Stevens Quote: “It’s snowing!’ I said in delight.”

17. “It’s snowing!’ I said in delight.”

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Robin Stevens Quote: “I blushed, feeling very un-queen-like.”

18. “I blushed, feeling very un-queen-like.”

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Robin Stevens Quote: “It is funny how public the English are about disliking their families, even when it is not really true. Love is a secret to them, hate, far less so.”

19. “It is funny how public the English are about disliking their families, even when it is not really true. Love is a secret to them, hate, far less so.”

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Robin Stevens Quote: “Tea had been set out on the table, ready for our arrival. It was simple but delicious: muffins, ham, boiled eggs, and toast and butter, with Christmas cake for dessert.”

20. “Tea had been set out on the table, ready for our arrival. It was simple but delicious: muffins, ham, boiled eggs, and toast and butter, with Christmas cake for dessert.”

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Robin Stevens Quote: “I realized all over again how odd the English are. No matter how bad things get, they can always make light of them.”

21. “I realized all over again how odd the English are. No matter how bad things get, they can always make light of them.”

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