Self-preservation's a man's first duty. And natives don't mind dying, you know. They don't feel about it as Europeans do.

Surfing is like that. You are either vigorously cursing or else you are idiotically pleased with yourself.

One does see so much evil in a village,' murmured Miss Marple in an explanatory voice.

It's like all those quiet people, when they do lose their tempers they lose them with a vengeance.

Writing is a great comfort to people like me, who are unsure of themselves and have trouble expressing themselves properly.

The popular idea that a child forgets easily is not an accurate one. Many people go right through life in the grip of an idea which has been impressed on them in very tender years.

The rottenness comes from within.