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“And, as I lie in bed that night looking out into the starless sky, I think about that shadow on my guardian's face. The sadness has been there since the day I met Sidney Grice and I cannot imagine ...”
“In Paris, the dance was everything. The dance of romance was what a man could remember in his old age. Didnt all young Americans come to Europe in search of that kind of romance?”
“The sweetest smiles hold the darkest secrets...”
“The more this guy talked, the more he sounded like a fortune cookie.”
“Every solution to every problem is simple. It's the distance between the two where the mystery lies.”
“We bring the fucking rain Q, not the scattered showers.”
“The story you choose to tell isn't always the story you believe.”
“As a rule, the more bizarre a thing is the less mysterious it proves to be. It is your commonplace, featureless crimes which are really puzzling, just as a commonplace face is the most difficult to...”
“They say that when you're about to die, your life flashes before your eyes. They never tell you that when you watch someone you once loved dying, hovering between this life and the next, it's twice...”
“Nancy, every place you go, it seems as if mysteries just pile up one after another.”
“In a world of diminishing mystery, the unknown persists.”
“Life isn't as magical here, and you're not the only one who feels like you don't belong, or that it's better somewhere else. But there ARE things worth living for. And the best part is you never kn...”
“When was the last time you were kissed?" he went on easily. "And I'm not talking about the dry, noncommittal, meaningless kiss you forget about as soon as it's over." I scrambled out of my stupor l...”
“Things'll get worse before they get better.”
“There is something in this world which no one has ever seen.It is soft and sweet.If it is spotted, I'm sure everyone will want to have it,Which is why no one has ever seen it.For this world has hid...”
“Indeed. I have often thought that when a man selects one word over another he often reveals far more of himself than he intended.”
“No: I am not tired. I have a curious constitution. I never remember feeling tired by work, though idleness exhausts me completely." ~ Sherlock Holmes”
“What about you?" I kept my voice carefully indifferent. He flashed me a cold smile, sharp at the edges. "Worried about me?" Because I couldn't think of anything snide to say, I stuck my tongue out ...”
“I have no pity for myself either. So let it be Veronal. But I wish Hercule Poirot had never retired from work and come here to grow vegetable marrows.”
“If I had known things would turn out this way, I would have trained harder. I would have learned to take care of myself. But I guess that's the point, isn't it? You never know what you're going to ...”
