"That Affair Next Door" Quotes
A woman's curiosity leads her to investigate a murder that occurs in her neighbor's house.
mystery | 352 pages | Published in NaN
Quotes
The love of justice is a human instinct, and retribution is a necessary consequence of the exercise of that instinct.
The only way to keep a secret is to lock it up in your own breast or to confide it to no one.
Gossip is the devil's own weapon, and every word in this little town, from the highest to the lowest, is gossip.
Suspicion once aroused is difficult to allay.
Appearances are deceitful; the best of us are not always what we seem.
There is nothing like the monotony of a quiet life to do away with one's strength and courage.
The heart of a true woman is a very deep well; but it is not a bottomless one.
It's always the unexpected that happens in this world.
It takes pluck to meet the inevitable with a smile.
Some people are more to be pitied than blamed.
