Anna Katharine Green
Anna Katharine Green
Anna Katharine Greenwas an American poet and novelist. She was one of the first writers of detective fiction in America and distinguished herself by writing well plotted, legally accurate stories. Green has been called "the mother of the detective novel"...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionAuthor
Date of Birth11 November 1846
CountryUnited States of America
way never-forget fingers
The finger of suspicion never forgets the way it has once pointed ...
secret may safe
a woman with a secret may be a fascinating study, but she can never be a safe, nor even satisfactory, companion.
hands countenance
the hand will often reveal more than the countenance ...
mirrors soul age
faces deceive, and the loveliness of youth is not like the loveliness of age - an absolute mirror of the soul within.
shadow seems
The very shadows seem to listen.
adventure feels capable
Though I have had no adventures, I feel capable of them.
sympathy condolences feet
He who steps on stones is glad to feel the smallest spray of moss beneath his feet.