"Curious things, habits. People themselves never knew they had them."

"I have enjoyed greatly the second blooming that comes when you finish the life of the emotions and of personal relations; and suddenly find—at the age of fifty, say—that a whole new life has opened be…"

"One doesn’t recognize the really important moments in one’s life until it’s too late."

"Many homicidal lunatics are very quiet, unassuming people. Delightful fellows."

"I specialize in murders of quiet, domestic interest."