“I get into a tearing passion about something I know very little about, and when I learn more my passion ebbs away.”

“I began to get really keen, for every man at the bottom of his heart believes that he is a born detective.”

“I'm an economical soul, and if I'm going to be hanged I want a good stake for my neck.”

“My thoughts hovered over all varieties of mortal edible, and finally settled on a porterhouse steak and a quart of bitter with a welsh rabbit to follow. In longing hopelessly for these dainties I fell asleep.”

“I am an ordinary sort of fellow, not braver than other people, but I hate to see a good man downed, and that long knife would not be the end of Scudder if I could play the game in his place.”

“Beklager så meget , sa han. Jeg er ikke helt meg selv i kveld. Saken er nemlig den at jeg er død i dette øyeblikk.”

“I believe everything out of the common. The only thing to distrust is the normal.”