It had come about ex­act­ly in the way things hap­pened in books.

No innocent person ever has an alibi.

Things never come when they are expected.

It's a mystery to me how anyone ever gets any nourishment in this place. They must eat their meals standing up by the window so as to be sure of not missing anything.

Many years ago, when I was once saying sadly to Max it was a pity I couldn't have taken up archaeology when I was a girl, so as to be more knowledgeable on the subject, he said, 'Don't you realize that at this moment you know more about prehistoric pottery than any woman in England?'

Achievement brings with it its own anticlimax.

Coffee in England always tastes like a chemistry experiment.