One does what one can, not what one cannot..

Heather Badcock meant no harm. She never did mean harm, but there is no doubt that people like Heather Badcock (and like my old friend Alison Wilde),….

Writers are diffident creatures -- they need encouragement..

Nothing, I believe, is so full of life under the microscope as a drop of water from a stagnant pool..

Sensationalism dies quickly, fear is long-lived..

I did not deceive you, mon ami. At most, I permitted you to deceive yourself..

Coffee in England always tastes like a chemistry experiment..

lawyers never go to law, do they? They know better..

For in the long run, either through a lie, or through truth, people were bound to give themselves away..

Use that fluff of yours you call a brain..

Evil never goes unpunished, Monsieur. But the punishment is sometimes secret..

Evil is not something superhuman, it's something less than human..

I married an archeologist because the older I grow, the more he appreciates me..

I'm sorry, but I do hate this differentiation between the sexes. The modern girl has a thoroughly businesslike attitude to life! That sort of thing. ….

In conversation, points arise! If a human being converses much, it is impossible for him to avoid the truth! (Hercule Poirot).

One doesn't recognize the really important moments in one's life until it's too late..

One knows so little. When one knows more it is too late..

Why shouldn't I hate her? She did the worst thing to me that anyone can do to anyone else. Let them believe that they're loved and wanted and then sh….

Writing is a great comfort to people like me, who are unsure of themselves and have trouble expressing themselves properly..

Words are such uncertain things, they so often sound well but mean the opposite of what one thinks they do..

One of the saddest things in life, is the things one remembers..