“It is always difficult to escape from youth; its hopefulness, its optimistic belief in the privileges of desire, its despair, and its sense of outrage and injustice at disappointment, all these spring on a man inflicting indelicate agony when he is no longer prepared.”
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Margery Allingham was an English writer renowned for her detective novels. Her works are known for their complex plots and vivid characters, significantly influencing the development of detective fiction. more
“A genuine coincidence always means bad luck for me; it's my only superstition.”
“the old fellow seemed to spot deceit as if it reeked like a goat.”
“Good doctors get a mechanic's pleasure in making you tick over.”
“Of all the band of personal traitors the sense of humor is the most dangerous.”
“One policeman may be a friend, but two are the Law.”