“Thieves and liars kill indirectly, unintentionally, and with no other weapon than their tongues and malice.”

“Ever since wed found Wilson, his cousins calmness bothered me. I realized now I felt less unease with angry outbursts from grieving relatives, than I had with the slow, ticking time bomb of the qui...”

“I didn't like the calm tone reminiscent of his composure at the library, nor was I comfortable with his blank expression. We had a crime scene without forensics, and a body without a medical examin...”

“This was the second murder with which Id found myself associated. Unlike the death of my client in April, my estranged uncle and his gang had nothing to do with this. And as far as I was aware, Art...”

“Digital Age Cozy: Cozy mystery can be more than knitting grannies, cats, and cookbooks!”

“The bell seemed to have set off analarm in my brain, and I glimpsed at the mysterious envelope on my desk.There was another item I shouldve gotten from my single-shoe salesman.”

“I have little use for religion as it is practiced, or for astrology, or for belief in witchcraft or omens of good or ill-luck. I think they all stem from some insufficiency in mens minds, perhaps f...”

“It is only the innocent mind which knows what love is, and the innocent mind can live in the world which is not innocent.”

“So if you can look at all things without allowing pleasure to creep in - at a face, a bird, the colour of a sari, the beauty of a sheet of water shimmering in the sun, or anything that gives deligh...”

“The great are strongest when they stand alone,A God-given might of being is their force.”

“What you gain another will lose, for What is there is all there is. What you share another will have, for What is there is enough for all.”

“We work very hard to have what Buddha gave up to become enlightened. Does that mean we are benighted?”

“She said that everyone has some evil inside them, and the first step to loving anyone is to recognize the same evil inside ourselves,so we're able to forgive them.”

“I'd rather regret the things I've done than regret the things I haven't done.”

“The pause .... where wisdom has space to appear”