Mourning is not forgetting…It is an undoing. Every minute tie has to be untied and something permanent and valuable recovered and assimilated from the dust. Margery Allingham
The optimism of a healthy mind is indefatigable. Margery Allingham
Self-satisfaction is the state of mind of those who have the happy conviction that they are not as other men. Margery Allingham
I am one of those people who are blessed, or cursed, with a nature which has to interfere. If I see a thing that needs doing I do it. Margery Allingham
When the habitually even-tempered suddenly fly into a passion, that explosion is apt to be more impressive than the outburst of the most violent amongst us. Margery Allingham
If one cannot command attention by one’s admirable qualities one can at least be a nuisance. Margery Allingham
Chemists employed by the police can do remarkable things with blood. They can weave it into a rope to hang a man. Margery Allingham