every act of one's life is the unavoidable result of every act that has preceded it.
Mary Roberts RinehartThe only way to make a husband over according to one's ideas ... would be to adopt him at an early age, say four.
Mary Roberts RinehartThe mystery story is two stories in one: the story of what happened and the story of what appeared to happen.
Mary Roberts RinehartOf one thing the reader can be certain: the more easily anything reads, the harder it has been to write.
Mary Roberts Rinehart