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.
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.
problem excuse manners
Private problems don't constitute an excuse for bad manners.
apples excuse plus
When you're counting alibis and not apples, one plus one equals none.
keys should-have civilization
Civilization has imposed countless restrictions and conventions on each of us, with the result that the subconscious in the majority of us has become a storage room without a key. We are forced to suppress or forget so many events and ideas and thoughts that those to which we should have access are lost in the welter. However, there are people who seem capable of unlocking this part of their minds and extracting relevant information.
reading people lines
Some people become so expert at reading between the lines they don't read the lines.