Kelly and umber series Quotes

“I gave a Christmas party last year - well, two Christmases ago - where I did a Sam Cooke show. I didn't perform as R. Kelly. I performed the Sam Cooke show from 1964, when he performed at the Copacabana.”

“Little thieves get shot, but great ones escape.” Kelly Oliver, WOLF: A Jessica James Mystery”

“An old adage warns: If you don't know your history, you will be forever condemned to repeat it. Likewise, if you don't know your science fiction, and heed its warnings, you could condemn the Earth to future catastrophe.”

“He closed the pages and stuffed them back into his jacket. Keeping his eyes cast downwards as he sipped his wine, he pulled out and lit a cigarette – almost a post-coital gesture. from The Willow Lake Group by Kelly Proudfoot”

“Considering I'm a writer, you leave me strangely bereft of words.”

“A city full of eight million people. It was all rather lonely sometimes.”

“She knew her place in this family, always had. Knew why she was conceived. And it wasn't for a photo on the mantle.”

“My god, they're everywhere.”

“I consoled myself with Granddaddy's words on the fossil record and the Book of Genesis: It was more important to understand something than to like it. Liking wasn't necessary for understanding. Liking didn't enter into it.”