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

To commit a successful murder must be very much like bringing off a conjuring trick.

Archaeologists only look at what lies beneath their feet. The sky and the heavens don't exist for them.

"She looked at them with shining eyes. Her chin went up. She said:
"You regard it as impossible that a sinner should be struck down
by the wrath of God! I do not!"
The judge stroked his chin. He murmured in a slightly ironic voice:
"My dear lady, in my experience of ill-doing, Providence leaves the work
of conviction and chastisement to us mortals-and the process is often
fraught with difficulties. There are no short cuts.