To all those who lead monotonous lives in the hope that they may experience at second hand the delights and dangers of adventure. [author's dedication]

Any medical man who predicts exactly when a patient will die, or exactly how long he will live, is bound to make a fool of himself. The human factor is always incalculable. The weak have often unexpected powers of resistance, the strong sometimes succumb.

It's astonishing in this world how things don't turn out at all the way you expect them to.

It is a curious thought, but it is only when you see people looking ridiculous that you realize just how much you love them.

There are questions that you don't ask because you're afraid of the answers to them.

When the fact doesn't meet the theory then let go the theory.

Sitting here with one's knitting, one just sees the facts. -"The Blood-Stained Pavement