❤️Quietly Emily❤️

“I, Hercule Poirot, am not amused.”
― Agatha Christie, The Hollow

“No horse jokes," he said.
"My lord, I apologize for the horse joke. If you put down the book---unharmed!---I will give you a carrot."
He brandished the book at her. "Was that a horse joke?"
"Neigh."
"Was that a horse joke?”
― Cynthia Hand, My Lady Jane

“The man who does not read has no advantage over the man who cannot read.”
― Mark Twain

“Excellent!" I cried. "Elementary," said he.”
― Arthur Conan Doyle, The Complete Sherlock Holmes