I had refused Emerson's well-meant offers of assistance, knowing his efforts would be confined to moving the furniture to the wrong places and demand….

Husbands do not care to be contradicted. Indeed, I do not know anyone who does..

I've been reading ghost stories ever since I could read. I'm immensely curious about ghosts and UFOs and all that stuff, but I'm a very hard-headed p….

Since I am not as stupid as my children believe I am, I had immediately realized this might be a ruse, but I was not at all averse to a confrontation….

That's maturity-when you realize that you've finally arrived at a state of ignorance as profound as your parents..

I would not be at all surprised to find that it was for gold that Cain committed the first murder. (It happened a very long time ago, and Holy Writ, ….

A fondness for martyrdom, especially of the verbal variety, is common to the young..

Superstition has its practical uses..

Ramses had always been fond of Helen, in his peculiar fashion, but if he had looked at me as he was looking at her, I would have sent for a constable..

love has a very dulling effect on the brain.

Reputations are shaped not by facts but by prejudices..

Nefret had always had an uncanny ability to read his thoughts. 'Did she cry?' she asked sweetly. 'And then you kissed her? You shouldn't have done th….

Your trousers are on fire. I would have told you, but you so dislike advice..

Sometimes the characters develop almost without your knowing it. You find them doing things you hadn't planned on, and then I have to go back to page….

A lady cannot be blamed if a master criminal takes a fancy to her..

Writing is like a bird-watcher watching for birds: the stories are there: you just have to train yourself to look for them..

kissing someone out of pity is always a mistake..

I sometimes wonder what it would be like to be the respected patriarch of an ordinary English family." "Very boring, Emerson..

There was no warning, not even a knock. The door flew open, and he forgot his present aches and pains in anticipation of what lay in store. The figur….

His masculinity was only too apparent.

Nothing looks as self-satisfied as a contented cat..