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I continued to do arithmetic ...

I continued to do arithmetic with my father, passing proudly through fractions to decimals. I eventually arrived at the point where so many cows ate so much grass, and tanks filled with water in so many hours. I found it quite enthralling.

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Coffee in England always tast...

Coffee in England always tastes like a chemistry experiment.

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If you've had a happy childho...

If you've had a happy childhood, nobody can take that away from you.

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The truth, however ugly in it...

The truth, however ugly in itself, is always curious and beautiful to seekers after it.

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The saddest thing in life and...

The saddest thing in life and the hardest to live through, is the knowledge that there is someone you love very much whom you cannot save from suffering.

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One must accept the fact that...

One must accept the fact that we have only one companion in this world, a companion who accompanies us from the cradle to the grave - our own self. Get on good terms with that companion - learn to live with yourself.

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I can't imagine why everybody...

I can't imagine why everybody is always so keen for authors to talk about writing. I should have thought it was an author's business to write, not talk.

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It's not a man's working hour...

It's not a man's working hours that are important--it's his leisure hours. That's the mistake we all make.

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It's very inconvenient to be ...

It's very inconvenient to be loved. Nearly everyone has found that out, sooner or later. The fewer people who love you the less you will have to suffer.

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Good advice is always certain...

Good advice is always certain to be ignored, but that's no reason not to give it.

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I like living. I have sometim...

I like living. I have sometimes been wildly, despairingly, acutely miserable, racked with sorrow, but through it all I still know quite certainly that just to be alive is a grand thing.

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Crime is terribly revealing. ...

Crime is terribly revealing. Try and vary your methods as you will, your tastes, your habits, your attitude of mind, and your soul is revealed by your actions.

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Evil is not something superhu...

Evil is not something superhuman, it's something less than human.

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The popular idea that a child...

The popular idea that a child forgets easily is not an accurate one. Many people go right through life in the grip of an idea which has been impressed on them in very tender years.

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I specialize in murders of qu...

I specialize in murders of quiet, domestic interest.

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But surely for everything you...

But surely for everything you love you have to pay some price.

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I did not deceive you, mon am...

I did not deceive you, mon ami. At most, I permitted you to deceive yourself.

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Everything must be taken into...

Everything must be taken into account. If the fact will not fit the theory---let the theory go.

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I've always believed in writi...

I've always believed in writing without a collaborator, because where two people are writing the same book, each believes he gets all the worry and only half the royalties.

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A mother's love for her child...

A mother's love for her child is like nothing else in the world. It knows no law, no pity, it dares all things and crushes down remorselessly all that stands in its path.

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