Kate Ross
Kate Ross, born Katherine Jean Ross, was an American mystery author who wrote four books set in Regency-era England about dandy Julian Kestrel. The novels in the series are Cut to the Quick (1994), which won the 1994 Gargoyle award for Best Historical Mystery, A Broken Vessel (1995), Whom the Gods Love (1996), and The Devil in Music (1997), which won the 1997 Agatha Award for Best Novel. The Lullaby Thief (1997), a short story featuring Kestrel, is included in the mystery anthology Crime Through Time, edited by Miriam Grace Monfredo and Sharan Newman. Ross was also a trial lawyer for the Boston law firm of Sullivan & Worcester and a graduate of Wellesley College and the Yale Law School. She died of cancer in 1998.
“You're much better than fireworks. They're all over in a moment, and you're going to stay for a fortnight. Besides, fireworks are noisy, and they make too much smoke.”
Kate Ross
“Modesty alone doesn’t prove a man a hero. But it’s incontrovertible that immodesty makes him a bore.”
Kate Ross
“I highly recommend cleanliness. It pleases women and annoys men, which are two excellent ways to get on in society.”
Kate Ross
“I think you’re extremely rude! And you’re doing it on purpose!”“Of course. One should never be rude except on purpose.”…”Why?”…”Because one should never appear to anything without intent. It’s the secret of poise.”
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“I don’t mind people going about unobtrusively doing good, but I can’t stomach moral indignation.”
Kate Ross
“Do you deny it?" Grimani persisted.Deny it? Only the greatest self-restraint prevents me from laughing it out of countenance.”
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“He was not going to be dragged into other people´s business. He was going to plunge in headfirst.”
Kate Ross
“I always think boredom is to some extent the fault of the bored.”
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