This investigation felt difficult, like driving in fog.

It is impossible to see how good work might be accomplished by people who think that our life in this world either signifies nothing or has only a negative significance.If, on the other hand, we...

maybes”.’ ‘Maybe,’ I said. ‘But if what I’m saying is correct …

I had a feeling that Harvey wore his shotgun around the house like a pair of holey underwear.

The larger crimes are apt to be the simpler, for the bigger the crime, the more obvious, as a rule, is the motive.

I used to feel sorry for myself, then I discovered cocktails. If life has taught me anything, it’s that there’s nothing a stiff drink can’t fix.

Virginia screamed, grabbing for the door handle and nearly throwing herself from the moving car. James swerved to the side of the road, slamming on the brakes before she killed herself trying to escape. As...

The costumes help. They make it less real, disguise what it really is both for the actors and for the people who’ll see it on the screen. It’s like the people who read Anna Karenina,...

Authors were shy, unsociable creatures, atoning for their lack of social aptitude by inventing their own companions and conversations.

When I think of existence, I cannot help but wonder, “What is life, anyway?” Where do I fit in the grand scheme of life? What is the point of it, anyway? Is this a test—and...

I looked for any footmarks of course, but naturally, with all this rain, there wasn’t a sign. Of course, if this were a detective story, there’d have been a convenient shower exactly an hour before...

Istoria se repetă, iar timpul nu există. Îl împărţim ca să ne ordonăm puţin vieţile, cu toate că în realitate timpul este plan şi nu are nici început, nici sf rşit.

I’d rather strive for the kind of interview where instead of me asking to introduce myself to society, society asks me to introduce myself to society.

The light was only just visible – except of course that there was no one to see, no witnesses, not this time, but it was nevertheless a light.

Those who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night. In their gray visions they obtain glimpses of eternity, and thrill, in waking, to find that they...

One more cockeyed optimist thrown under the reality bus.

There’s a lot of twists and turns, all true, all documented, about her treatment. It’s kind of a mystery, actually. It’s really a fascinating story.

No. No, I don’t believe you’d betray me with her. I don’t believe you’d cheat on me. But I’m afraid, and I’m sick in my heart that you might look at her, then at me....

Cecil reached for Dave, but Dave stepped back. “Dave, why are you doing this? You’re not getting paid. Lovejoy called you off the case. You want the truth? You’re compulsive. You can’t leave it alone....

Flowers are fragile and ephemeral…Even if you meant to protect them with a surrounding fence from wind and rain, they would die without sunlight…and a spindly fence has no power against a strong wind. –...

In spite of all the sparring that went on between us, I sort of liked Morelli. Good judgment told me to stand clear of him, but then I’ve never been a slave to good judgment.

I am the prince of procrastination. It is my besetting sin. I never put off till tomorrow what I can possibly do – the day after

We know birth and we know death; the mystery is everything in-between.

There are more hidden spaces in a city, more hidden lives and hidden emptinesses, and more darkened windows where shadow people pass fleetingly in and out of sight.

Neely McIntire,” I said, clamping a sweaty hand behind her neck. “Friendship be damned!”Hayden yanked me forward. I had time to make a very girly sound before his lips began to move furiously over mine....

I guess you’re going for the hard-ass Texas Ranger thing today” ~ Laney Briggs

Michelle: The dreaded elf walked into the dining room seconds after I sat down. What business of his was it if I didn’t have a clan? It wasn’t often I regretted my upbringing but being...

[Her] idea of a fair trade–her lentils for your caviar.

Por que en las epocas oscurasse escribe con tinta invisible?Why in the darkest agesdo they write with invisible ink?

It is a Siren’s burden,” she whispered, “So much strength, so much pain. You will feel the weight of humanity on your shoulders, though you are only partly human yourself. Soon you will not have...

I want to know the age. The sex. Most of all, the fingerprints. I’d like to identify who it is. After he had agreed, and I had left the office, walking to calm myself, I...

You know, there’s that temptation in interviews to make yourself sound – well, to give yourself a bit of mystery.

Even in death, her mother was winning.

Everybody is equally weak on the inside, just that some present their ruins as new castles and become kings –

A wise man does not always admit to everything he knows. And sometimes an overly-credulous friend can be a source of mild amusement.”~Sherlock Holmes

I agree about Shaw – he is haunted by the mystery he flouts. He is an atheist who trembles in the haunted corridor.

Kit [Carson Kitteridge] watched me for a few moments before saying, “That was some impressive killing you did. Naked too.””I hope I didn’t embarrass Office Palmer.””She said that after all she heard about you she...

Rosy waited as long as she dared then sat forward and let her eye rove Franny’s lounge, up and down the shelves, looking for something, not even sure she could bring herself to act if...

When I write to please everybody, it falls flat. When I write what I know, fearlessly, It won’t please everybody, but it doesn’t fall flat.

The blood dried on his good hand, he passed his palm over her hair. It curled about his wrist and sprung back into displace as the breeze fluttered by. In the firelight, it was golden...

Sometimes people do misguided things for the most honorable of reasons.

Life is volatile.

I’m comfortable with the unknown — that’s the point of science. There are places out there, billions of places out there, that we know nothing about. And the fact that we know nothing about them...

This land, although not my native land,Will be remembered forever.And the sea’s lightly iced,Unsalty water.The sand on the bottom is whiter than chalk,The air is heady, like wine,And the rosy body of the pinesIs naked...

This is about as distasteful a loss as I can remember, and it’s baffling. After Sunday’s game, I thought a good positive push was going to take place. It’s the mystery of coaching.

I paid a lot of money once to find it out,” Raphael said.

The possession of knowledge does not kill the sense of wonder and mystery. There is always more mystery.

Something very strange is going on in the depths of space.

Let me tell you, you either have chemistry or you don’t, and you better have it, or it’s like kissing some relative. But chemistry, listen to me, you got to be careful. Chemistry is like...

One thing, however, did become clear to him—why so many perfect works of art did not please him at all, why they were almost hateful and boring to him, in spite of a certain undeniable...