46 Quotes by Patricia Wentworth

Anger was both a disfiguring and a revealing passion.

Mary didn’t know just what prompted her answer. She was the most candid of women, but you don’t tell a man everything where another woman is concerned.

Being in a rage was rather like being out in a thunderstorm – you couldn’t hear yourself think.

It’s surprising how soon you can get used to having money. It’s much easier than getting used to not having it.

Fancy going out into the world under the impression that you can always have your own way! Would anything be more likely to lead to disaster?

A good many established writers seem to have the feeling that some day they are going to be found out, revealed as frauds.

Her name is Maud Silver. Louisa says she has solved many difficult cases besides being an extremely expert knitter.

Obstinacy is an impediment to the free exercise of thought. It paralyses the intelligence. Conclusions based upon preconceived ideas are valueless.

Once a suggestion has entered the general atmosphere of human thought, it is very difficult to neutralise it.