It is a bad idea to live too long. Few carry it off well.

He tried to name which of the deadly seven might apply, and when he failed he decided to append an eighth, regret.

It is best not to study too much on who gets what they deserve. It can lead to an overly complicated interpretation of God's personal attributes.

People who are isolated interest me, whether they isolate themselves or have been isolated by circumstances.

Hardboiled crime fiction came of age in Black Mask magazine during the Twenties and Thirties. Writers like Dashiell Hammett and Raymond Chandler learnt their craft and developed a distinct literary style and attitude toward the modern world.

She wondered if literature might lose some of its interest when she reached an age or state of mind where her life was set on such a sure course that the things she read might stop seeming so powerfully like alternate directions for her being.

Our worst pain is confined within our own skin.