Discussions of death and such matters do more to unlock the human tongue than any other subject.
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We are ready to despair too soon, we are ready to say, ‘What’s the good of doing anything?’ Hope is the virtue we should cultivate most in this presen...
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Well, people are like that too. THey create a false door - to deceive. If they are conscious of weakness, of inefficiency, they make an imposing door ...
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Those words of hers had meant nothing - you could not dismiss [however] a human being so easily.
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Ladies tell their nurses things in a sudden burst of confidence, and then, afterwards, they feel uncomfortable about it and wish they hadn't! It's onl...
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Nature repeats herself more than one would imagine. The sea has infinitely more variety.
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When you're in the middle of a nightmare, something ordinary is the only hope. Anyway, ordinary things are the best. I've always thought so.
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Human nature is always interesting... And it's curious to see how certain types always tend to act in exactly the same way." - Miss Marple, The Herb o...
