That was what, ultimately, war did to you. It was not the physical dangers--the mines at sea, the bombs from the air, the crisp ping of a rifle bullet as you drove over a desert track. No, it was the spiritual danger of learning how much easier life was if you ceased to think.

Beastly things, teeth. Give us trouble from the cradle to the grave.

Speech ... is an invention of man's to prevent him from thinking.

I admit," I said, "that a second murder in a book often cheers things up." - Hastings

What I feel is that if one has got to have a murder actually happening in one's house, one might as well enjoy it, if you know what I mean.

Coffee in England always tastes like a chemistry experiment.

I've a theory that one can always get anything one wants if one will pay the price. And do you know what the price is, nine times out of ten? Compromise.