A Nero Wolfe Mystery Quotes

Archie Goodwin: I got Margot a license to marry, not a license to kill.

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Archie Goodwin: [about Janet] Well, I don't have to ask if you heard it all. If you shoot her, send her brain to Johns Hopkins.

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Archie Goodwin: [walking into the room] I'm hungry! I had a soda fountain lunch. I could eat a porcupine with quills on it. Let's go home!

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Austin 'Dinky' Byne: To tell the truth, I'm in a bit of a mess myself, or I will be if you like to see me squirm.
Archie: Depends on what kind of squirmer you are.

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Jane Geer: Fat coward!
Nero Wolfe: I hired this man, not out of cowardice but conceit. I am insufferably conceited. Should I be killed, I doubted that the murderer would ever be caught.

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Nero Wolfe: As you may know, Mr. Goodwin is not indifferent to those attributes of young women which contribute the chief reliance of our race in our gallant struggle against the menace of the insects. He is also especially vulnerable to those young women who have the knack of stimulating his love of chivalry and adventure.

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