Some people become so expert at reading between the lines they don't read the lines.

- Margaret Millar

the emotions at death, as at birth, are instinctive and primitive.

- Margaret Millar

Any good marriage involves a certain amount of play-acting.

- Margaret Millar

Perfect young men don't get murdered, they don't even get born.

- Margaret Millar

I wish people would quit telling me to think. I think. Thinking's easy. It's not thinking that's hard.

- Margaret Millar

The sun was shining like a congratulation.

- Margaret Millar

When someone gives me three reasons instead of one, I'm inclined not to believe any of them.

- Margaret Millar

The world of maps is nice and flat and simple. It has areas for people and areas for monsters. What a shock it is to discover the world is round and …

- Margaret Millar

You can't drown your troubles ... because troubles can swim.

- Margaret Millar