There were crimson roses on the bench; they looked like splashes of blood.

As a rule, the more bizarre a thing is the less mysterious it proves to be.

The only ethical principle which has made science possible is that the truth shall be told all the time.

The difficulty is to detach the framework of fact - of absolute undeniable fact - from the embellishments of theorists and reporters.

Then once you have the facts at your disposal, the business of deduction is as simple as a syllogism: a child could do it.

His heart pounded in his chest, less from fear than from the exhilaration of calculation.

An underestimate is just as dangerous as an overestimate.

There's a limit to the number of graves one may innocently own.

All the doors and windows seem to have been shut from inside, but the key is not the key to the situation, so to speak.

Besides, if it's only you, I can talk sense, instead of listening to you trying to pretend you're a fool.

Unnatural Death