“The long distance hiker, a breed set apart,From the likes of the usual pack.He’ll shoulder his gear, be hittin’ the trail;Long gone, long ‘fore he’ll be back.”

“Expecting his usual aloof expression, she saw instead that his smoky eyes were locked on her face and the walls that he usually hid behind were gone. There was something that looked almost like longing in his expression.”

“No matter how long it takes or however long I am gone, I will always come back to you. Just like the goldsmith came back for his love. You promised your heart to me so long ago and with this ring came your heart. So I shall give mine.”

“His [Lord Peter's] long, amiable face looked as if it had generated spontaneously from his top hat, as white maggots breed from Gorgonzola.”

“Sometimes it's necessary to go a long distance out of the way in order to come back a short distance correctly.”

“It's one of those things a person has to do; sometimes a person has to go a very long distance out of his way to come back a short distance correctly.”