There is nothing more thrilling in this world, I think, than having a child that is yours, and yet is mysteriously a stranger.

Quote by Agatha Christie

I live now on borrowed time, waiting in the anteroom for the summons that will...

I live now on borrowed time, waiting in the anteroom for the summons that will...

I have sometimes been wildly, despairingly, acutely miserable, racked with sorrow, but through it all...

I have sometimes been wildly, despairingly, acutely miserable, racked with sorrow, but through it all...

If one sticks too rigidly to one's principles, one would hardly see anybody.

If one sticks too rigidly to one's principles, one would hardly see anybody.

Most successes are unhappy. That's why they are successes - they have to reassure themselves...

Most successes are unhappy. That's why they are successes - they have to reassure themselves...

One of the luckiest things that can happen to you in life is, I think,...

One of the luckiest things that can happen to you in life is, I think,...

A mother's love for her child is like nothing else in the world. It knows...

A mother's love for her child is like nothing else in the world. It knows...

Sometimes been wildly, despairingly, acutely , racked with sorrow, but through it all I still...

Sometimes been wildly, despairingly, acutely , racked with sorrow, but through it all I still...

One doesn't recognize the really important moments in one's life until it's too late.

One doesn't recognize the really important moments in one's life until it's too late.

An archaeologist is the best husband a woman can have. The older she gets the...

An archaeologist is the best husband a woman can have. The older she gets the...

An archaeologist is the best husband any woman can have; the older she gets, the...

An archaeologist is the best husband any woman can have; the older she gets, the...

It is completely unimportant. That is why it is so interesting!

It is completely unimportant. That is why it is so interesting!

The happy people are failures because they are on such good terms with themselves they...

The happy people are failures because they are on such good terms with themselves they...

These little grey cells. It is up to them.

These little grey cells. It is up to them.

Evil is not something superhuman, it's something less than human.

Evil is not something superhuman, it's something less than human.

I've always believed in writing without a collaborator, because where two people are writing the...

I've always believed in writing without a collaborator, because where two people are writing the...

Where large sums of money are concerned, it is advisable to trust nobody

Where large sums of money are concerned, it is advisable to trust nobody

An archaeologist is the best husband a woman can have. The older she gets, the...

An archaeologist is the best husband a woman can have. The older she gets, the...

A man ninety years old was asked to what he attributed his longevity. I reckon,...

A man ninety years old was asked to what he attributed his longevity. I reckon,...

But if any man think that he behaveth himself uncomely toward his virgin, if she...

But if any man think that he behaveth himself uncomely toward his virgin, if she...

Since it is the Other within us who is old, it is natural that the...

Since it is the Other within us who is old, it is natural that the...

I ain't saying the customer service in my bank is bad, but when I went...

I ain't saying the customer service in my bank is bad, but when I went...