Цитаты из книги The Second Confession

They trust no one, especially not one another, and I don't blame them. - Nero Wolfe on the members of American Comminist Party

Stevens smiled, and, seeing what he regarded as a smile, I decided to have my daughter ask someone else for directions. - Archie Goodwin

If I had had a daughter in high school, Stevens was the guy I would have wanted her to ask for directions in a strange neighbourhood after dark. - Archie Goodwin

Then I saw that I wasn't standing on the stone of the stoop but on a piece of glass, and if I didn't like that piece there were plenty of others. - Archie Goodwin