Чёрные орхидеи

...everybody with a drink, including Mister, only his was non-alcoholic, or I wouldn't have stayed. What that bird would have done with a couple of Martinis under his fur would have been something to watch from an airplane. - Archie Goodwin

There is nothing in the world as indestructible as human dignity. That woman makes money killing time for fools. With it she pays me for rooting around in mud. Half of my share goes for taxes which are used to make bombs to blow people to pieces. Yet I am not without dignity. - Nero Wolfe

Up to then nothing had been threatened but his peace of mind or maybe his reputation, at most his life and liberty. But this was something else again; this threatened his property. It put stone in his heart and steel in his jaw. - Archie Goodwin

I do not deny that flowers are pretty, but a million flowers are not a million times prettier than one flower. - Archie Goodwin