“You ate the police?! I exclaimed.”
“It was not you who ate the idea, but the idea that ate you.”
“In my dreams I ate and I ate my dreams.”
“What a pessimist you are!" exclaimed Candide."That is because I know what life is," said Martin.”
“Who are you? You don't belong to the police?''I am better than the police,' said Poirot. He said it without conscious arrogance. It was, to him, a simple statement of fact.”
“I ate a half a cookie, but not because I wanted to. I ate it out of necessity.”