Ah, when love dies, women lose two and a half inches in height.
It helps in public relations to have a certain amount of charm and Agatha had none.
The trouble with being a policeman in a small, normally law-abiding village was that you did not strike fear or terror into the heart of anyone.
The cruellest lies are often told in silence. —Robert Louis Stevenson
She doesn’t have a conscience. Come on. We all have one. No, some are born without one. It’s always everyone else’s fault. I’ll get Jimmy Anderson onto
Marriage is like life in this—that it is a field of battle, and not a bed of roses. —Robert Louis Stevenson
Keep your place and silent be, Game can hear and game can see. —Mark Beaufoy
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A man cannot be too careful in the choice of his enemies. —Oscar Wilde
Good-bye healthy life and hullo rubber knickers and support hose?
I'm glad there's one woman left in this village you don't want to show your bum to.
A tart temper never mellows with age, and a sharp tongue is the only edged tool that grows keener with constant use. —Washington Irving
Pale grey eyes. ‘Mr Herriot,’ Hamish began, ‘can you tell me who you voted for to be Lammas queen last year?’ ‘I voted for Iona, the lassie on the switchboard.’ ‘Would it surprise you to learn that al...
Aye, it’s an unfair world when you think of it. If that man had been a woman, he’d have been called a harlot!
Then as the earth’s inner, narrow crooked lanes Do purge salt waters’ fretful tears away —John Donne
Scotland had murdered sleep.
No one could remain an atheist with larks around, he thought dreamily.
Mrs. Wellington was wearing a voluminous flannel nightgown when she answered the door. Hamish was glad Mr. Wellington had found God, because it certainly looked as if he would need to wait until he go...
Hamish’s family were unusual in that they had always celebrated Christmas—tree, turkey, presents and all. In parts of the Highlands, like Lochdubh, the old spirit of John Knox still wandered, blasting...
I wish I loved the Human Race; I wish I loved its silly face; I wish I liked the way it walks; I wish I liked the way it talks: And when I’m introduced to one I wish I thought What Jolly Fun! —Sir Wal...
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