Shear Madness: A Melanie Hogan Mystery, Book 1

Hesba Stretton - Fern's Hollow: "Patience is better than strength"

Hesba Stretton - Brought Home: "One lie from a truthful man is more hurtful than all the lies of a liar"

Mary Rackham - A Sheaf of Corn: "He, himself, had not slept there since the night of his first wife's death"

Stacy Aumonier - The Friends & Other Stories: "One lives everything down in time"

Stacy Aumonier - Heartbeat: "The basic trouble is that people make statements without sufficient data"

Stacy Aumonier - Olga Bardel: "Nothing comes out of the blue, except perhaps thunderbolts and they are not really very useful things"

Stacy Aumonier - Just Outside: "One lives everything down in time"

Moliere - The Countess of Escarbagnas: La Comtesse d'Escarbagnas