every act of one's life is the unavoidable result of every act that has preceded it.

The world doesn't come to the clever folks, it comes to the stubborn, obstinate, one-idea-at-a-time people.

Peace is not a passive but an active condition, not a negation but an affirmation.

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.

Love is like the measles, all the worse when it comes late.

having considerable mind, changing it became almost as ponderous an operation as moving a barn, although not nearly so stable.

I had a vision ... of being found on the pavement by some passerby, with a small punctuation mark ending my sentence of life.

Every crucial experience can be regarded either as a setback, or the start of a wonderful new adventure, it depends on your perspective!

when knowledge comes in at the door, fear and superstition fly out of the window.

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

Conflict is the very essence of life.

The real truth lies below the surface.

Forensics had taught her that scars left tissue much tougher than skin.

I hate to break it to you, but if he's interested in your highly personal areas, he probably isn't interested in your sisters.

Oh, how precious is time, and how it pains me to see it slide away, while I do so little to any good purpose.

I am like Dante, I walk through hell, but I am not burning.

How much disgruntled heaviness, lameness, dampness, how much beer is there in the German intelligence.

Men, as an organization, are getting more women than any other group working anywhere in the world. Wherever women are, we have men looking into it.

You can't reinvent yourself for every movie.

I've been really into boyfriend blazers, I like mixing tweeds with floral fabrics. The masculine and feminine look.

But evil is a cunning force. It can find the weakness in any man, even the bravest. [...] It only takes a single weak moment to let evil in.