I never can stand seeing people pleased with themselves,” said Joanna. “It arouses all my worst instincts.

Desperate ills need desperate remedies.

When a man is really in love he can't help looking like a sheep.

Any coincidencce is worth noticing. You can throw it away later if it is only a coincidence.

What I feel is that if one has got to have a murder actually happening in one's house, one might as well enjoy it, if you know what I mean.

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.

I have enjoyed greatly the second blooming that comes when you finish the life of the emotions and of personal relations; and suddenly find - at the age of fifty, say - that a whole new life has opened before you, filled with things you can think about, study, or read about...It is as if a fresh sap of ideas and thoughts was rising in you.