The truth is people are an extraordinary mixture of heroism and cowardice. - Agatha Christie

The human face is, after all, nothing more nor less than a mask.

Nobody understands the art of living nowadays,... Catching trains, making appointments, fixing times for everything — all nonsense. Get up with the sun I say, have your meals when you feel like it, and never tie yourself to a time or a date. I could teach people how to live if they would listen to me.

What I feel is that if one has got to have a murder actually happening in one's house, one might as well enjoy it, if you know what I mean.