I say, I donโt think the human frame is very thoughtfully constructed for this sleuthhound business. If one could go on all fours, or had eyes in ones knees, it would be a lot more practicalโโฆ โWhat luck! Hereโs a deep, damp ditch on the other side, which I shall now proceed to fall into.โ A slithering crash proclaimed that he had carried out his intention.
Dorothy L. SayersDetective stories keep alive a view of the world which ought to be true. Of course people read them for fun ... But underneath they feed a hunger for justice ... you offer to divert them, and you show them by stealth the orderly world in which we should all try to be living.
Dorothy L. SayersThere are times when one is tempted to say that the great, sprawling, lethargic sin of Sloth is the oldest and greatest of the sins and the parent of all the rest.
Dorothy L. Sayers