I'm afraid of death... Yes, but that doesn't stop death coming.

I've got an uncle myself. Nobody should be held responsible for their uncles. Nature's little throwbacks - that's how I look at it.

There's too much tendency to attribute to God the evils that man does of his own free will.

Hate doesn't last. Love does.

the detective's highest talent lay in the gentle art of seeking favours under the guise of conferring them!

Coffee in England always tastes like a chemistry experiment.

The whole thing was like a nine-month ocean voyage to which you never got acclimatized.