Doctors can do almost anything nowadays, can't they, unless they kill you while they're trying to cure you.

It's very inconvenient to be loved. Nearly everyone has found that out, sooner or later. The fewer people who love you the less you will have to suffer.

The human face is, after all, nothing more nor less than a mask.

Everybody always knows something," said Adam, "even if it's something they don't know they know.

To all those who lead monotonous lives in the hope that they may experience at second hand the delights and dangers of adventure. [author's dedication]

Books are a habit-forming drug.

One little Indian boy left all alone; He went and hanged himself and then there were none.