Margery Allingham

In common with many Christians of the classic type he felt sincerely safer and more at ease when he had read more

In common with many Christians of the classic type he felt sincerely safer and more at ease when he had given away all he had, like a man passing a ball in a game.

He did not arrive at this conclusion by the decent process of quiet, logical deduction, nor yet by the blinding read more

He did not arrive at this conclusion by the decent process of quiet, logical deduction, nor yet by the blinding flash of glorious intuition, but by the shoddy, untidy process halfway between the two by which one usually gets to know things.

Chemists employed by the police can do remarkable things with blood. They can weave it into a rope to hang read more

Chemists employed by the police can do remarkable things with blood. They can weave it into a rope to hang a man.

If one cannot command attention by one's admirable qualities one can at least be a nuisance

If one cannot command attention by one's admirable qualities one can at least be a nuisance

When one kicks over a tea table and smashes everything but the sugar bowl, one may as well pick that read more

When one kicks over a tea table and smashes everything but the sugar bowl, one may as well pick that up and drop it on the bricks, don't you think?