When the fact doesn't meet the theory then let go the theory.

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 show them that it's all a sham.

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

There are some people who don't conform to the signals. An ordinary well-regulated locomotive slows down or pulls up when it sees the red light hoisted against it. Perhaps I was born color blind. When I see the red signal -- I can't help forging ahead. And in the end, you know, that spells disaster.

I do not argue with obstinate men. I act in spite of them.

Oh, no, I'm not brave. When a thing is certain, there's nothing to be brave about. All you can do is to find your consolation.

Good advice is always certain to be ignored, but that's no reason not to give it.