humor

Two young adventurers for hire. Willing to do anything, go anywhere. Pay must be good. No reasonable offer refused.

Her killer wrote a note on that stationary.""A note." Now Renquist's eyebrows lifted. "Well. That was rather arrogant of him, wasn't it?

The process of elimination, combined with a modicum of common sense, will always assist us to arrive at the correct conclusion with the maximum of possible accuracy and the minimum of hard labor. Which being translated means: I guessed it.

I should never do anything pre-coffee. 'It was only a teeny fire,' I told my uncle over the phone.

My name is Markowski. I carry a badge. Also a crucifix, some wooden stakes, a big vial of holy water, and a 9mm Beretta loaded with silver bullets.I was never a Boy Scout but "Be Prepared" is still a good motto to live by. Especially if you plan to keep living.

I'm a conundrum. Or an enigma. I forget which.

I don't know anything!' Tim(Caleb) wailed.He'd never spoken a truer word in his life.

You can't jump for the stars if your feet hurt. And when you get where you're going, you darn well better look great!

Nice dress,_ Victoria said.__hank you,_ Perpetua said. __o you mind if I ask you a personal question?__ictoria blinked. __h, what?

Consider this a fair warning.

...heaven wouldn__ be like this earth, this tormented earth ruled by evil forces that tossed humanity to and fro like a slow clown in a two-bit rodeo.

A fallow mind is a field of discontent.

This is the day the Lord has made, suck it up and rejoice.

Then there are some minor points that strike me as suggestive - for instance, the position of Mrs. Hubbard's sponge bag, the name of Mrs. Armstrong's mother, the detective methods of Mr. Hardman, the suggestion of Mr. MacQueen that Ratchett himself destroyed the charred note we found, Princess Dragomiroff's Christian name, and a grease spot on a Hungarian passport.

I leveled the gun and fired until it was empty.

There are two rules for sucess:1. Never tell everything you know.

Analyzing dreams is much like walking on water. There are a limited number of people who do it well.

[L]ife is a phenomenon in need of criticism, for we are, as fallen creatures, in permanent danger of worshipping false gods, of failing to understand ourselves and misinterpreting the behaviour of others, of growing unproductively anxious or desirous, and of losing ourselves to vanity and error. Surreptitiously and beguilingly, then, with humour or gravity, works of art--novels, poems, plays, paintings or films--can function as vehicles to explain our condition to us. They may act as guides to a truer, more judicious, more intelligent understanding of the world.