There hung about her the restrained energy of a whiplash.

The simplest explanation is always the most likely.

But I know human nature, my friend, and I tell you that, suddenly confronted with the possibility of being tried for murder, the most innocent person will lose his head and do the most absurd things.

I can think of nothing more soul destroying in life than to persist in trying to do a thing you want desperately to do well, and to know that you are at the best second rate.

The trouble with you and me, is that we don't live in the real world. We dream of fantastic things that may never happen.

Most successes are unhappy. That's why they are successes - they have to reassure themselves about themselves by achieving something that the world will notice.

One of the luckiest things that can happen to you in life is, I think, to have a happy childhood.