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

That is why most great love stories are tragedies.

To rush into explanations is always a sign of weakness.

Trains are wonderful.... To travel by train is to see nature and human beings, towns and churches and rivers, in fact, to see life.

No sign, so far, of anything sinister—but I live in hope.

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]

It is odd how, when you have a secret belief of your own which you do not wish to acknowledge, the voicing of it by someone else will rouse you to a fury of denial.