Life would be a lot easier if conversations were rewindable and erasable, like videos. Or if you could instruct people to disregard what you just said, like in a courtroom.

Why can't parents dance? Is it some universal law of physics or something?

You don't always have to know who you are. Sometimes, it's enough just to know what to do next.

I'm a great fan of taking my laptop out and about.

Women need chocolate. It's a scientific fact.

Sam doesn't hesitate for a minute. 'You say, "Mr and Mrs Tavish, you're making me feel inferior. Do you really think I'm inferior or is it just in my mind?

... what would Poirot do? Poirot wouldn't flap around in a panic. He'd stay calm and use his little grey cells and recall some tiny, vital detail which would be the clue to everything.