"Hickory Dickory Dock" Quotes

You can't expect a man to be a detective and a lover too.

There is no greater mistake than to think that a love affair can be managed.

We all wear masks, and the time comes when we cannot remove them without removing some of our own skin.

It's a curious thing, the death of a loved one. It's like walking up the stairs to your bedroom in the dark, and thinking there's one more stair than there is. Your foot falls through, and there's a sickly moment of dark surprise.

There is nothing more thrilling in this world, I think, than having a child that is yours.

Sometimes I feel that life is passing me by, not slowly either, but with ropes of steam and spark-spattered wheels and a hoarse roar of power or terror.

Fear is incomplete knowledge.

We don't live alone. We are members of one body. We are responsible for each other.

No crime is a means to an end. No crime can be rationalized.

Curious things, habits. People themselves never knew they had them.