A place where I can share the quotes that I have collected (and keep collecting) over the years. I have gathered them from all sorts of sources. The "Quote of the Day" posts will always be a quote from a book and may be on any topic.
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Wednesday, January 5, 2011

Quotes of the Day(s): Jan 4 and 5


Tuesday's Quote:

Judith Macklehose was clearly one of those people for whom funny is never funny-peculiar, let alone funny ha-ha, but always funny-suspicious.

The Case of the Missing Bronte (p. 41)
by Robert Barnard


Wednesday's Quote:

The notice-board said he was in Room 423, but the number system, nominally consecutive, seemed to be applied on a plan that could only have been the lunatic or a mathematician.

The Case of the Missing Bronte (p. 48)
by Robert Barnard