Philip

“Look, Tad, you're quite sure that you have no idea, even in the back of your mind, where Bill could have been staying?" "I haven't got a back to my mind. I have just a small, narrow space in front where I keep all that's useful to me. A few telephone numbers and a prayer or two.”
― Josephine Tey, The Singing Sands

“I have a palate, Williams. A precious possession. And I have no intention of prostituting it to pickles.”
― Josephine Tey, To Love and Be Wise

“When something baffled him he found that if he kept on worrying it, he got no further, and lost his sense of proportion in the process. So when he came to a dead stop he indulged in what he called “shutting his eyes” for a little, and when he “opened” them again he habitually found a new light on things that revealed unexpected angles and made the old problem a totally new proposition. There”
― Josephine Tey, The Man in the Queue

“The true leader is concerned primarily with the welfare of others, not with his own comfort or prestige. He shows sympathy for the problems of others, but his sympathy fortifies and stimulates; it does not soften and make weak. A spiritual leaders will always direct the confidence of others to the Lord. he sees in each emergency a new opportunity for helpfulness (152).”
― J. Oswald Sanders, Spiritual Leadership: Principles of Excellence for Every Believer