The bereaved had never any doubt about their dear ones' wishes and those wishes usually squared with their own inclinations.

When engaged in eating, the brain should be the servant of the stomach.

Who is there who has not felt a sudden startled pang at reliving an old experience or feeling an old emotion?

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.

You agree - I'm sure you agree that beauty is the only thing worth living for.

Never go back to a place where you have been happy. Until you do it remains alive for you. If you go back it will be destroyed.

I really cannot understand the point of what you're saying. Really,' said Clotilde, looking at her. 'What a very extraordinary person you are. What sort of a woman are you? Why are you talking like this? Who are you?' Miss Marple pulled down the mass of pink wool that encircled her head, a pink wool scarf of the same kind that she had once worn in the West Indies. 'One of my names,' she said, 'is Nemesis.' 'Nemesis? And what does that mean?' 'I think you know,' said Miss Marple. 'You are a very well educated woman. Nemesis is long delayed sometimes, but it comes in the end.