Elly Griffiths Quotes

“You know how thick I am. I don't even eat yoghurt because it's got culture in it.”

— Elly Griffiths

When she bought the cats her mother asked her straight out if they were 'baby substitutes'. 'No,' Ruth had answered, straight-faced. 'They're kittens. If I had a baby it would be a cat substitute.

— Elly Griffiths

“Maybe humans need animals to help them understand the world. Certainly it's hard to see what else cats do for humans, aside from looking cute and killing the odd mouse.”

— Elly Griffiths

You need a break, a complete rest, recharge your batteries.' Recharge your batteries. What the hell does that mean? Nelson prides himself on not needing batteries. He's an old-fashioned, wind-up model.

— Elly Griffiths

There's a pleasure being mad that only the madman knows.

— Elly Griffiths

“Class is a stronger social adhesive than nationality.”

— Elly Griffiths

“I know you've all got it in for me," says Bob. "You fitted me up for one crime, why not pin every child murder in the last twenty years on me?" His voice rises hysterically.
"That seems rather an extreme reaction," says Tim. "I just asked what you were doing yesterday afternoon.”

— Elly Griffiths

“You wanted to talk to me about SHCH.' Sacred Heart Children's Home, Nelson works out silently. He hates acronyms. Whitcliffe, of course, loves them.”

— Elly Griffiths

“Sometimes,' says Bob, trying to eat a falafel and balance his glass at the same time.”

— Elly Griffiths

“He might be living on mice, but Chesterton does not look like an animal who is governed by his appetites. He's an ascetic, if Cathbad ever saw one.”

— Elly Griffiths

“Talking into her phone.”

— Elly Griffiths

You are strong. You are a wonderful, strong human being.

— Elly Griffiths

“Peter is suffering from an attack of nostalgia, she knows the symptoms. She mustn't join in otherwise she'll be swept away too, drowning in a quicksand of the past.”

— Elly Griffiths