Margaret Millar
Margaret Millar
Margaret Ellis Millarwas an American-Canadian mystery and suspense writer...
NationalityCanadian
ProfessionWriter
Date of Birth5 February 1915
CountryCanada
happens life
Life is something that happens to you while you're making other plans.
monologues simply
Most conversations are simply monologues delivered in the presence of a witness.
exhibitionist exes
There is no such thing as an ex-exhibitionist.
spring past air
The smell of moist earth and lilacs hung in the air like wisps of the past and hints of the future.
common-sense sparks genius
Common sense is a vastly overrated virtue. I myself prefer the spark of genius.
swim trouble
You can't drown your troubles ... because troubles can swim.
shrews made born
Shrews are made, not born.
nice fall simple
The world of maps is nice and flat and simple. It has areas for people and areas for monsters. What a shock it is to discover the world is round and the areas merge and nothing separates the monsters and ourselves; that we are all whirling around in space together and there isn't even a graceful way of falling off.
spring smell rooms
the smell of lilacs crept poignantly into the room like a remembered spring.
years design together
That's what a conscience is made of, scar tissue ... Little strips and pieces of remorse sewn together year by year until they formed a distinctive pattern, a design for living.
data ideas people
People, alas, are more impressed by statistics than they are by ideas.
emotion birth primitive
the emotions at death, as at birth, are instinctive and primitive.
congratulations shining sun
The sun was shining like a congratulation.
problem excuse manners
Private problems don't constitute an excuse for bad manners.