as all women know, there are really no men at all. There are grown-up boys, and middle-aged boys, and elderly boys, and even sometimes very old boys. But the essential difference is simply exterior. Your man is always a boy.

[To her frequently needed plumber:] How would you like to be adopted? I'm sure it would be cheaper.

People that trust themselves a dozen miles from the city, in strange houses, with servants they don't know, needn't be surprised if they wake up some morning and find their throats cut.

as all women know, there are really no men at all. There are grown-up boys, and middle-aged boys, and elderly boys, and even sometimes very old boys. But the essential difference is simply exterior. Your man is always a boy.

I suppose that we are only young, Chris, so long as we can forget. After that we merely remember!

We are often miserable at our desk or typewriters, but not happy away from them.

The mystery story is two stories in one: the story of what happened and the story of what appeared to happen.