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Love can be a very frightening thing.”“That is why most great love stories are tragedies.

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She's had a long life of experience in noticing evil, fancying evil, suspecting evil and going forth to do battle with evil.

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That was what murder was-as easy as that!But afterwards you went on remembering...

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[Murder] doesn't concern the victim and the guilty only. It affects the innocent too. You and I are innocent, but the shadow of murder has touched us....more

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And anyway who the devil should I want to murder?""That would be a very good question," said Miss Marple. "I have not yet had the pleasure of sufficie...more

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A man in love is an awful sight.

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I remember one teacher there -- I can't recall her name now. She was short and spare, and I remember her eager jutting chin. Quite unexpectedly one da...more

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I should have known when I first saw that picture. For it is a very remarkable picture. It is the picture of a murderess painted by her victim-it is t...more

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If Hori were to die, I should not forget! Hori is a song in my heart for ever... That means-that there is no more death...

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Don’t go,” said Cedric. “Murder has made you practically one of the family.

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It is a curious thought, but it is only when you see people looking ridiculous that you realize just how much you love them.

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The Roar of the engine penetrated through Bertram's Hotel from the street outside. Colonel Luscombe perceived that Ladislaus Malinowski was one of Elv...more

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I loved her- I always loved her- no matter what she was-I wanted her safe- not shut up- a prisoner for life, eating her heart out. And we did keep her...more

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You are lucky, Renisenb. You have found the happiness that is inside everybody's own heart. To most women, happiness means coming and going, busied ov...more

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Ah, but you must have a Christmas uncomplicated by murder.