Nero Wolfe Mystery

Famous quotes containing the words nero, wolfe and/or mystery:

    The ghost of the heart of manred Cain
    And the more murderous brain
    Of Man, still redder Nero that conceived the death
    Of his mother Earth, and tore
    Her womb, to know the place where he was conceived.
    Dame Edith Sitwell (1887–1964)

    It is the personality of the mistress that the home expresses. Men are forever guests in our homes, no matter how much happiness they may find there.
    —Elsie De Wolfe (1865–1950)

    It is my purpose to disclose the mystery at once, and to ask you to look for your interest,—should you choose to go on with my chronicle,—simply in the conduct of my persons, during this disclosure to others.
    Anthony Trollope (1815–1882)