It's a mystery to me how anyone ever gets any nourishment in this place. They must eat their meals standing up by the window so as to be sure of not missing anything.

I have enjoyed greatly the second blooming... suddenly you find - at the age of 50, say - that a whole new life has opened before you.

A mother's love for her child is like nothing else in the world.

Sitting here with one's knitting, one just sees the facts. -"The Blood-Stained Pavement

Then there are some minor points that strike me as suggestive - for instance, the position of Mrs. Hubbard's sponge bag, the name of Mrs. Armstrong's mother, the detective methods of Mr. Hardman, the suggestion of Mr. MacQueen that Ratchett himself destroyed the charred note we found, Princess Dragomiroff's Christian name, and a grease spot on a Hungarian passport.

My remarks are, as always, apt, sound, and to the point. (Hercule Poirot)

If you place your head in a lion's mouth, then you cannot complain one day if he happens to bite it off.