Katherine Hall Page > Quotes

“My room was in one of those turrets and at night I could hear the sea and the faint rustle of eelgrass in the soft wind. The weather was perfect that summer. No storms. Blue skies and just the right amount of wind every day. The sailors were in heaven.”
― Katherine Hall Page

“In my day you got married and spent one holiday with one set of in-laws and another with the others. None of this bonding business.”
― Katherine Hall Page

“Were you and Hope the only ones at that school to have normal names? What was with those people—Buffy, Kiki, Dede, Muffin?'

'Well, dear, they’d already used up the good names for the dogs,' Faith countered archly, and turned off the light.”
― Katherine Hall Page, The Body in the Cast

“Faith sauntered over to the take-out window and ordered a small chocolate cone. It was like eating chicken feet in Chinese restaurants. One had to establish one's credentials in order to get the good stuff.”
― Katherine Hall Page, The Body in the Belfry

“Pantry Soup, which involved sautéing onions, garlic, and any other veggies kicking around before adding chicken broth, canned chickpeas, rosemary, a can of diced tomatoes, and slices of chicken sausage. Samantha had learned to keep packages of the sausages in the freezer in all different flavors. She defrosted Italian ones in the microwave and added them to the mixture she had on simmer. Before she served it she’d bring the soup to a boil and add a cup of ditalini pasta.”
― Katherine Hall Page, The Body in the Casket

“Faith knew the Somerset Club in Boston, though she had never been inside the massive stone mansion at 42 Beacon Street that suggested a fortress more than the convivial social club, founded in 1851 or even earlier according to some accounts. Asking about membership was a guarantee of exclusion. It was the snootiest and perhaps the wealthiest of Boston’s formerly all-male social clubs. The story most often told about the Somerset was an accurate one: when a fire broke out in the 1940s, the firemen were made to use the servants’ entrance.”
― Katherine Hall Page, The Body in the Casket

“would”
― Katherine Hall Page, The Body in the Gazebo

“Misspelling”
― Katherine Hall Page, The Body in the Gazebo

“For what is it to die but to stand naked in the wind and to melt into the sun? And what is it to cease breathing, but to free the breath from its restless tides, that it may rise and expand and seek God unencumbered?”
― Katherine Hall Page, The Body in the Kelp

“The whole sweet tea thing had to be genetic. Or an acquired taste she hadn’t developed yet.”
― Katherine Hall Page, The Body in the Wardrobe: A Faith Fairchild Mystery

“speedy”
― Katherine Hall Page, The Body in the Gazebo

“July.” The strawberries in Ursula’s garden at The Pines were the stuff of legend. “Thank you, no. But could you stay a bit longer?” “Until five. Tom is working at home today.” Faith didn’t offer any further explanation. After trying to write his sermon in the shadow of his file cabinets at the church yesterday, he had decided to give the parsonage study, neutral territory, a try today. “As I said, everything hinged on Father’s”
― Katherine Hall Page, The Body in the Gazebo

“doubted”
― Katherine Hall Page, The Body in the Gazebo

“might cover two nights. You and your mistress will have to scale”
― Katherine Hall Page, The Body in the Gazebo