Eva Matijevic

“Speech, so a wise old Frenchman said to me once, is an invention of man's to prevent him from thinking. It is also an infallible means of discovering that which he wishes to hide.”
― Agatha Christie, The A.B.C. Murders

“Words, madmoiselle, are only the outer clothing of ideas.”
― Agatha Christie, The A.B.C. Murders

“So much the better if no one can ever say with absolute certainty: There is Arsene Lupin! The essential point is that the public may be able to refer to my work and say, without fear of mistake: Arsene Lupin did that!”
― Maurice Leblanc, Arsène Lupin, Gentleman-Thief

“In my day if a man was mad he was mad and we didn’t look about for scientific terms to soften it down.”
― Agatha Christie, The ABC Murders