Subject: Suicide
Quote: “[D]amn it all, it’s my life. I’ve a right to do what I like with it.”
“That is a cliché,” said Mr. Satterthwaite wearily.
Character: Anthony Cosdon and Mr. Satterthwaite
Chapter/Story: “The Man from the Sea”
Book Title/Copyright: The Mysterious Mr. Quin, 1930
Subject: Suicide
Quote: “In my place,” he said, “you would do the same [commit suicide].”
Mr. Satterthwaite shook his head. “No,” he said simply. “In the first place, I doubt if I should have the courage. It needs courage, and I am not at all a brave individual. And in the second place—“
“Well?”
“I always want to know what is going to happen tomorrow.”
Character: Anthony Cosdon and Mr. Satterthwaite
Chapter/Story:
Book Title/Copyright: The Mysterious Mr. Quin, 1930Subject: Suicide
Quote: “If suicide is your idea of escape from trouble then it doesn’t very much matter what the trouble is. Whenever some very unpleasant shock had to be faced, she’d have done the same thing.”
Character: Mrs. Dane Calthrop
Chapter/Story: 3
Book Title/Copyright: The Moving Finger, 1942