Nicole

“Though sympathy alone can't alter facts, it can help to make them more bearable.”
― Bram Stoker, Dracula

“Oh, very well,” he said,”let her come in, by all means, but just wait a minute till I tidy up the place.”
His method of tidying was peculiar, he simply swallowed all the flies and spiders in the boxes before I could stop him. It was quite evident that he feared, or was jealous of, some interference. When he had got through his disgusting task, he said cheerfully, “Let the lady come in,”
― Bram Stoker, Dracula

“Shall I neglect you a little?' suggested Tommy. ‘Take other women about to night clubs. That sort of thing.'
'Useless,' said Tuppence. ‘You would only meet me there with other men. And I should know perfectly well that you didn't care for the other women, whereas you would never be quite sure that I didn't care for the other men. Women are so much more thorough.”
― Agatha Christie, Partners in Crime

“Softly unbolting the door, he stuck the cat’s head round the edge and ejaculated a piercing "Miaow."

The Scotland Yard inspector, who was standing outside with another man, jumped in spite of himself.”
― Agatha Christie, The Adventure of the Cheap Flat: A Short Story