British - Author | June 13, 1893 - December 17, 1957
As I grow older and older, And totter toward the tomb, I find that I care less and less, Who goes to bed with whom.
Dorothy L. Sayers
CareGrowFindBedOlderWhom
There certainly does seem a possibility that the detective story will come to an end, simply because the public will have learnt all the tricks.
StoryEndWillSeemBecauseCome
While time lasts there will always be a future, and that future will hold both good and evil, since the world is made to that mingled pattern.
GoodFutureTimeGood And EvilEvil
Paradoxical as it may seem, to believe in youth is to look backward; to look forward we must believe in age.
AgeYouthBelieveForwardLookSeem
A human being must have occupation, of he or she is not to become a nuisance to the world.
WorldBecomeHumanSheHuman Being
She always says, my lord, that facts are like cows. If you look them in the face hard enough they generally run away.
FaceFactsEnoughYouLookRun
Lawyers enjoy a little mystery, you know. Why, if everybody came forward and told the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth straight out, we should all retire to the workhouse.
TruthForwardMysteryEnjoyYouWhy
Every time a man expects, as he says, his money to work for him, he is expecting other people to work for him.
WorkTimeMoneyMenManPeople
If it were not for the war, this war would suit me down to the ground.
WarMeDownGroundSuitWould
Very dangerous things, theories.
DangerousThingsVeryTheories
A continual atmosphere of hectic passion is very trying if you haven't got any of your own.
PassionTryingYouOwnAtmosphere
There's nothing you can't prove if your outlook is only sufficiently limited.
YouNothingProveOnlyYourOutlook
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