“ Mr. Goby, however, materialized with his usual suddenness from the small room which was sacred to Miss Lemon’s typewriter and where she had evidently kept him in storage.
Agatha Christie, Third Girl
“ Tea-drinking in the early morning has always appeared to me as an indulgence for which there is nothing but spinelessness as an excuse,” she said.
Margery Allingham, Police at the Funeral
“ She could be attractive when she wanted to be but life had taught her that efficiency and competence often paid better results and avoided painful complications.
Agatha Christie, Cat Among the Pigeons
“ [B]ut even in England, which is not noted for sanity in this respect, we find it hard to believe that a gentleman can spend weeks upon weeks testing tennis balls.
Ben Macintyre, Operation Mincemeat
“ All right,” said Father Brown. “I never said it was always wrong to enter fairyland. I only said it was always dangerous.
G.K. Chesterton, The Innocence of Father Brown
“ The priest had turned his face to the castle as he answered: “We have found the truth; and the truth makes no sense.
G.K. Chesterton, The Innocence of Father Brown
