there is evil everywhere under the sun.

When the sea goes down, there will come from the mainland boats and men. And they will find ten dead bodies and an unsolved problem on Indian Island.

I always think loyalty's such a tiresome virtue.

Three months seems to me quite a reasonable time to complete a book, if one can get right down to it.

Instinct is a marvelous thing. It can neither be explained nor ignored.

Time does not dispose of a question - it only presents it anew in a different guise.

... evil was, perhaps, necessarily always more impressive than good.