If you love, you will suffer, and if you do not love, you do not know the meaning of a Christian life.

Where large sums of money are concerned, it is advisable to trust nobody.

If I were at any time to set out on a career of deceit, it would be of Miss Marple that I should be afraid.

A woman who doesn't lie is a woman without imagination and without sympathy.

I, myself, was always recognized . . . as the “slow one” in the family. It was quite true, and I knew it and accepted it. Writing and spelling were always terribly difficult for me. My letters were without originality. I was . . . an extraordinarily bad speller and have remained so until this day.

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.

The heart of a woman who loves will forgive many blows.