 I believe that political correctness can be a form of linguistic fascism, and it sends shivers down the spine of my generation who went to war against fascism. |
| God gives every bird his worm, but He does not throw it into the nest. |
| We English are good at forgiving our enemies; it releases us from the obligation of liking our friends. |
| In 1930s mysteries, all sorts of motives were credible which aren't credible today, especially motives of preventing guilty sexual secrets from coming out. Nowadays, people sell their guilty sexual secrets. |
| What the detective story is about is not murder but the restoration of order. |
| Human kindness is like a defective tap, the first gush may be impressive but the stream soon dries up. |
| There comes a time when every scientist, even God, has to write off an experiment. |
| What a child doesn't receive he can seldom later give. |
| It was one of those perfect English autumnal days which occur more frequently in memory than in life. |
