The Mask of Dimitrios

I think that, to begin with, he had intended to kill Dimitrios when he found him, but as he began to get short of money his hatred of Dimitrios became more reasonable.

If I had not made the money, someone else would have done so. Not one of those unfortunate creatures would have been any better off and I should have lost money.

Greta is really a splendid cook and there is nothing Swiss about my wines.

Latimer turned to watch the subject of these reflections carefully, almost lovingly, adjusting the coffee percolator, and thought how difficult it was to dislike a man when he was making coffee for you.

Drug addicts, you know, are always very eager to get other people to take drugs too.

The important thing to know about an assassination or an attempted assassination is not who fired the shot, but who paid for the bullet.