I would like it to be said that I was a good writer of detective and thriller stories.

Life itself is an unsolved mystery", said the clergyman gravely.

The steamship whose machinery is broken may be brought into port and made fast to the dock. She is safe, but not sound. Repairs may last a long time. Christ designs to make us both safe and sound. Justification gives the first - safety; sanctification gives us the second - soundness.

It is ridiculous to set a detective story in New York City. New York City is itself a detective story.

the science of tomorrow is the supernatural of today.

You know, Emily was a selfish old woman in her way. She was very generous, but she always wanted a return. She never let people forget what she had done for them - and, that way she missed love.

You have a tendency, Hastings, to prefer the least likely. That, no doubt, is from reading too many detective stories.