Helen McCloy Quotes

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She was looking only for comfort now, and she was completely resigned to the knowledge that this is the beginning of old age.

Helen McCloy

Never return in August —
Along the leaves will be rust
And over the hedges, dust,
And, in the air, vague thunder and silence burning...
Choose some happier time for your returning.

Helen McCloy

There's always trouble in the Middle East. I can't recall any time in my life when there hasn't been trouble there.

Helen McCloy

It was a mistake to think that only the really poor have money-hunger. It can gnaw at quite well-fed stomachs. Indeed Now I think that money is an acquired taste that grows as it is fed.

Helen McCloy

The old ploy of the powerful: never refuse when you can confuse. Distraction and delay are always better than obstruction.

Helen McCloy

Helen McCloy

Helen McCloy

Born: June 6, 1904

Died: December 1, 1994 (aged 90)

Bio: Helen McCloy, pseudonym Helen Clarkson, was an American mystery writer, whose series character Dr. Basil Willing debuted in Dance of Death. Willing believes, that "every criminal leaves psychic fingerprints, and he can't wear gloves to hide them.

Known for:

Through a glass, darkly (1951)
Cue for murder (1942)
Mr Splitfoot (1968)
The deadly truth (1941)
Alias Basil Willing (1951)

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