"The Secret Adversary" Quotes
A young couple becomes entangled in a web of espionage and mystery as they search for a missing woman in post-World War I England.
mystery | 268 pages | Published in NaN
Quotes
I believe everything is possible in this world.
There's nothing so dangerous as a headstrong girl who knows her own mind.
The young people think the old people are fools, but the old people know the young people are fools.
Opportunity is fleeting, and if you don't seize it, someone else will.
The worst type of woman is the one who will always do exactly as she pleases.
One can only believe impossible things before breakfast.
Fear is the original sin, the first enemy of the human race.
There is no detective in England equal to a spinster lady of uncertain age with plenty of time on her hands.
One must always be prepared for tricks from an unexpected quarter.
The young have aspirations that never come to pass, the old have reminiscences of what never happened.
