No, my friend, I am not drunk. I have just been to the dentist, and need not return for another six months! Is it not the most beautiful thought? --Poirot

At my time of life, one knows that the worst is usually true.

Don't think. That is the wrong way to bring anything back. Let it go. Sooner or later it will flash into your mind.

God bless my soul, woman, the more personal you are the better! This is a story of human beings - not dummies! Be personal - be prejudiced - be catty - be anything you please! Write the thing your own way. We can always prune out the bits that are libellous afterwards!

there is no fanatic like a religious fanatic.

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

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.