I have wanted . . . to commit a murder myself. I recognized this as the desire of the artist to express himself! . . . But-incongruous as it may seem to some-I was restrained and hampered by my innate sense of justice. The innocent must not suffer.

Be sure thy sin will find thee out.

Mr. Jesmond made a peculiar noise rather like a hen who has decided to lay an egg and then thought better of it.

The popular idea that a child forgets easily is not an accurate one. Many people go right through life in the grip of an idea which has been impressed on them in very tender years.

Intuition is like reading a word without having to spell it out. A child can't do that because it has had so little experience. A grown-up person knows the word because they've seen it often before.

Does the real thing ever have the perfection of a stage performance?

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