Carolyn Keene Quotes

I promise to be as careful as a pussycat walking up a slippery roof,

Before she turned around to face him, she wiped away the tears that had started down her cheeks. Nancy didn't cry much, but when she did, she cried in private.

Chuckling to herself, Nancy said aloud, Romance and detective work won't mix tonight!

Nancy, every place you go, it seems as if mysteries just pile up one after another.

Do you think he's going to hurt Sam?" Bess asked. "I don't know. But it sounds like that's on the table.

Luther, bring the gatekeeper quickly!" Bell ordered. "Just how did you get in, Miss Drew?"
"I came in at the entrance," Nancy replied. "The larkspur is beautiful.

And to think," Ned said huskily, "only this afternoon I thought I'd lost you to another guy.

Ned said "Nancy Drew is the best girl detective in the whole world!"
"Don't you believe him," Nancy said quickly. "I have solved some mysteries, I'll admit, and I enjoy it, but I'm sure there are many other girls who could do the same.

Ada and Isabel had been unpopular in high school. They had talked incessantly of money and social position, making themselves very obnoxious to the other students.

I don't promise to forget the mystery, but I know I'll have a marvelous time.

Do act mysterious. It always keeps them coming back for more.

Read, read, read. That's all I can say.

Do you mind if we stop at the Hip Hop Shop? Bess asked pleadingly.

Their eyes met, and Nancy felt a charge pass between them, like a small electric shock. Hold it, she warned herself. Since when do you respond to anyone other than Ned Nickerson?

Call the fire department," I said, trying hard to stay calm.
"On it." Bess said, digging into her pocket. "I'll text 911."
"Don't text, call!" I said, feeling my heart pounding in the chest.

No, no!" Nancy cried out. She then gave a quick but complete resume of what had taken place at the Tophams' cottage. Jeff Tucker added his account. Nancy reported what had taken place at the Tophams' cottage The police officer needed no further urging. Immediately he summoned four men and issued orders.

One thing is for sure, she thought. Work is the best antidote for worry. I'll get back to Twin Elms and do some more sleuthing there.

Nancy, an attractive titian blond, grinned up at her friend.

She always has close calls when she solves a mystery!

I'll wire the International Federation of American Homing Pigeon Fanciers and give them the number stamped on the bird's leg ring.

Not many girls would have used their wits the way you did, the officer observed.

Bell seated himself behind the desk, motioning for Nancy to stand opposite him. There was tense silence for a moment. Then Bell reached for a desk telephone.
"I am going to call the police, Miss Drew, and turn you over to them on a charge of trespassing, breaking, and entering with an attempt to steal."
"I wish you would," Nancy replied. "if it is possible over that dummy telephone.

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A low, silver sports car roared past at high speed, missing them by inches. Nancy glimpsed the man at the wheel long enough to register his dark mustache and the pipe clenched in his teeth. "What a menace," George said, shaking her head in disgust. Nancy

His insistence, George had made reservations for a flight the next day.

Bess stepped back and looked at Nancy admiringly. 'Your hunches are so often right it startles me.

I love Nancy Drew!

What a charming place!" Bess remarked, as they reached a small, white, two-story colonial house surrounded by a white picket fence with a gate. Flowers, especially old-fashioned American varieties, grew in profusion in the front yard.

Snoopy Ned Nickerson went to the cupboard
To find Nancy Drew a clue.
But when he got there,
Each cupboard was bare
And so there was no clue for Drew.

George's eyes lit up as she considered that there might be a mystery to solve.

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