men’s goals when they talk are to communicate information, while women’s are to form connections.
“It had come about exactly in the way things happened in books.”
― And Then There Were None
― And Then There Were None
“People aren't either wicked or noble. They're like chef's salads, with good things and bad things chopped and mixed together in a vinaigrette of confusion and conflict.”
― The Grim Grotto
― The Grim Grotto
“You gave too much rein to your imagination. Imagination is a good servant, and a bad master. The simplest explanation is always the most likely.”
― The Mysterious Affair at Styles
― The Mysterious Affair at Styles
“But I can’t believe. The older I get, the more solid the wall becomes, like everything that was to be explored has already been. True things grow truer, and unproved things fade away. Because we don’t need them. Like I don’t need a god.”
― The Supernatural Enhancements
― The Supernatural Enhancements
“There is no detective in England equal to a spinster lady of uncertain age with plenty of time on her hands.”
― Murder at the Vicarage
― Murder at the Vicarage
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