“The success of any trap lies in its fundamental simplicity. The reverse trap by the nature of its single complication must be swift and simpler still.”

“If I haven't done badly, it's because I've become indispensable to too many like David Abbott. I have in my head a thousand facts they couldn't possibly recall. It's simply easier for them to place me where the questions are, where problems need solutions. (Alfred Gillette)”

“The easiest thing in the world is to convince yourself that you're right. As one grows old, it is easier still.”

“Before taking her into the library, my wife told me she was an old friend in a marriage crisis. A fatuous lie; at her age there are no crises left in marriage, only acceptance and extraction. (General Villiers)”

“You're on your own now. You are not helpless. You will find your way.”

“There'll come a moment when you think you can make it, and you'll try.”

“What a man can't remember doesn't exist for him.”