At least half the mystery novels published violate the law that the solution, once revealed, must seem to be inevitable.

Organized crime is the dirty side of the sharp dollar.

The wet air was as cold as the ashes of love.

If I wasn't hard, I wouldn't be alive. If I couldn't ever be gentle, I wouldn't deserve to be alive.

At least half the mystery novels published violate the law that the solution, once revealed, must seem to be inevitable.

I don’t mind if you don’t like my manners. They’re pretty bad. I grieve over them during the long winter evenings.

They don't want you until you have made a name, and by the time you have made a name, you have developed some kind of talent they can't use. All they will do is spoil it, if you let them.