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Authors were shy, unsociable creatures, atoning for their lack of social aptitude by inventing their own companions and conversations.

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Jealousy, you know, is usually not an affair of causes. It is much more-how shall I say?-fundamental than that. Based on the knowledge that one's love is not returned. And so one goes on waiting, watching, expecting...that the loved one will turn to someone else.

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Sensationalism dies quickly, fear is long-lived.

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Never tell all you know—not even to the person you know best.

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To put it quite crudely ... the poor don't really know how the rich live, and the rich don't know how the poor live, and to find out is really enchanting to both of them.

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There are doubtless certain unworldly people who are indifferent to money. I myself have never met one.

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Mr. Jesmond made a peculiar noise rather like a hen who has decided to lay an egg and then thought better of it.

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Of course I despise money when I haven't got any. It's the only dignified thing to do.

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Oh, no, I'm not brave. When a thing is certain, there's nothing to be brave about. All you can do is to find your consolation.

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Be sure thy sin will find thee out.

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Hate doesn't last. Love does.

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The supernatural is only the natural of which the laws are not yet understood.

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You've a pretty good nerve," said Ratchett. "Will twenty thousand dollars tempt you?" It will not." If you're holding out for more, you won't get it. I know what a thing's worth to me." I, also M. Ratchett." What's wrong with my proposition?" Poirot rose. "If you will forgive me for being personal - I do not like your face, M. Ratchett," he said.

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You can only really get under anybody's skin if you are married to them.

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An appreciative listener is always stimulating.

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It is ridiculous to set a detective story in New York City. New York City is itself a detective story.

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Evil is not something superhuman, it's something less than human.

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I have enjoyed greatly the second blooming... suddenly you find - at the age of 50, say - that a whole new life has opened before you.

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Any coincidencce is worth noticing. You can throw it away later if it is only a coincidence.

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I married an archeologist because the older I grow, the more he appreciates me.

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