Yes, it is as you say. You now behold a detective- a great detective, I may say- in the act of detecting!

Because, you see, if the man were an invention—a fabrication—how much easier to make him disappear!

There is no such thing as a really calm sea. Always, always, there is motion.

Do you know my friend that each one of us is a dark mystery, a maze of conflicting passions and desire and aptitudes?

I'll break every bone in your damned body, you dirty little whippersnapper, he said.

I think human beings matter more than stones.

The children of Lucifer are often beautiful.