I needed a new mystery.

Dissatisfaction with possession and achievement is one of the requisites to further achievement.

We've had enough." He took back the report and jammed it under his arm. "We've had a bellyful, in fact."
"And like everyone who's had enough," said Control as Alleline noisily left the room, "he wants more.

I don't think the English like me. I sold a colossal best seller in America, and they never really forgave me.

Death is not in the nature of things; it is the nature of things. But what dies is the form. The matter is immortal.

She smiled at him as they waited for their dessert, her chin poised on her clasped hands.
'You're being very silent.'
'That's how men cry.