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“My dear, I don't care what they do, so long as they don't do it in the street and frighten the horses”
“Then the Dean repeated the mantra that has had such a marked effect on the progress of knowledge throughout the ages.Why dont we just mix up absolutely everything and see what happens? he said.And ...”
“Resilience, thy name is Devine.”
“I get my share of mud flung my way, but the secret is to dance in the rain and the mud will wash away.”
“In fact,' said Poirot, 'she stabbed him in the dark, not realising that he was dead already, but somehow deduced that he had a watch in his pyjama pocket, took it out, put back the hands blindly an...”
“Truly," remarked Nandi as we entered a darkened tunnel, "it is amazing that you have not died yet, mistress." "Well, hang in there. The night is young.”
“Im. The monosyllable was heavy with contempt. Es a twat.Is he?Yeah, e is. Ask Kieran.She gave the impression that she and Kieran stood together, sane, dispassionate observers of the idiots populati...”
“What if," replied Inspector Fry in the same maddeningly curteous tone, "we were all to construct daisy chains and drape them so as to shield the words from public view?”
“Nefarious purposes translation: For disgusting demon sex and the birth of the Devil incarnate. Nice.”
“If you're going to buy a castle, make sure you get on the property extension ladder.”
“I had everything summed up in a nutshell unfortunately I lost the nut.”
“Of all the things I expected to find in my lunch, a live snake wasn't one of them.”
“Best that all mischief be undertaken behind a squeaky door”
“Always recycle wasted time”
“She paused a moment."Pepino, shall I tell all our dear friends our little secret?" she said. "If you say 'no,' I shan't. But, please, Pepino--"Pepino, however, had been instructed to say 'yes,' and...”
“Sharks dont eat seafood because they like it, but because chicken cant swim.”
“I am the sum of my past experience.Some people have got a lot to answer for.”
“Drafting is like painting the Golden Gate Bridge.The closer you get to the end, the more you start to worry about the beginning.”
“On the way home, I saw a fist fight between an adverb and a pair of parentheses.I kept on walking.”
“I'm sorry to disturb you, madam,' said Nurse, 'but I thought I'd better speak to you. It's about Miss Delia's knickers' she continued, after a glance at the Vicar and a rapid decision that his clot...”
