Funny, just this minute he didn't want much to get away from the island.

Always going off somewhere. Dams, you know. I'm not swearing, my dear, he assured his wife. I mean jobs to do with the building of dams, or else it's oil or pipelines or something like that.

In an Empire where rats ruled, he was the king of the rats.

A lot of additional pain and grief is caused by honesty, remarked Hercule Poirot.

Mr. Satterthwaite's conversation was apt to be unduly burdened by mentions of his titled acquaintances.

Anybody who can belive six impossible things before breakfast wins hands down in this game.

A great many men are mad, and no one knows it. They do not know it themselves.