“There is too much tendency to attribute to God the evils that man does of his own free will. I must concede you the Devil. God doesn't really need to punish us, Miss Barton. We're so busy punishing ourselves.”

“One does see so much evil in a village,' murmured Miss Marple in an explanatory voice.”

“Evil never goes unpunished, Monsieur. But the punishment is sometimes secret.”

“A man doesn't want to feel that a woman cares more for him than he cares for her. He doesn't want to feel owned, body and soul. It's that damned possessive attitude. This man is mine---he belongs to me! He wants to get away --- to get free. He wants to own his woman; he doesn't want her to own him.(Simon Boyle)”

“I’ve no patience with modern humanitarian scruples about capital punishment.”

“And so could you know it if you would only use the brains the good God has given you. Sometimes I really am tempted to believe that by inadvertence, He passed you by.”

“Everybody is very much alike, really. But fortunately, perhaps, they don't realise it. - Miss Marple”