“And it's really very difficult to kill someone when all your inner instincts would oblige you to take off your hat first!”

“Take your hat off.”

“It's a very brave thing to fall in love. You have to be willing to trust somebody else with your whole being, and that's very difficult, really difficult and very brave.”

“Never dance in a puddle when there's a hole in your shoe (it's always best to take your shoes off first).”

“It's no good choosing your first husband from a school for evil geniuses. Much too difficult to kill.”

“I felt a strange tightness coming over me, and I reacted instinctively – for the first time in a long, long while – by slipping my notebook into my belt and reaching down to take off my watch. The first thing to go in a street fight is your watch, and once you’ve lost a few, you develop a certain instinct that lets you know when it’s time to get the thing off your wrist and into a safe pocket.”