自然界运行的规律就是,发展到尽头则走向反面,发展到极盛则走向衰落。
在一部好的推理小说中,读者应该在阅读过程中既感到娱乐又感到挑战。
A good world needs knowledge, kindliness, and courage; it does not need a regretful hankering after the past or a fettering of the free intelligence by the words uttered long ago by ignorant men.