Quotes

Of course, in a novel, people's hearts break, and they die, and that is the end of it; and in a story this is very convenient. But in real life we do not die when all that makes life bright dies to us. ~ Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe The longest way must have its close,—the gloomiest night will wear on to a morning. ~ Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe There are times when it is one's duty to assert oneself. ~ The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie An appreciative listener is always stimulating. ~ The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie "Everything must be taken into account. If the fact will not fit the theory—let the theory go." ~ The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie "You gave too much rein to your imagination. Imagination is a good servant, and a bad master. The simplest explanation is always the most likely." ~ The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie "Instinct is a marvellous thing," mused Poirot. "It can neither be explained nor ignored." ~ The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie "Holmes," said I as I stood one morning in our bow-window looking down the street, "here is a madman coming along. It seems rather sad that his relatives should allow him to come out alone." ~ The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle "It is an old maxim of mine that when you have excluded the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth." ~ The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle "Draw your chair up and hand me my violin, for the only problem we have still to solve is how to while away these bleak autumnal evenings." ~ The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle