Sunday, January 24, 2010

Trouble

Subject:  Human Troubles
Quote:  “Human troubles are easily classified into a few main heads.  There is ill health.  There is boredom.  There are wives who are in trouble over their husbands.  There are husbands…who are in trouble over their wives.”
Character:  Mr. Parker Pyne
Chapter/Story:  “The Case of the Discontented Husband”
Book Title/Copyright:  Mr. Parker Pyne, Detective, 1932


Subject:  Trouble
Quote:  “Never go halfway to meet trouble, that’s my motto.”
Character:  Cedric Crackenthorpe
Chapter/Story:  11
Book Title/Copyright:  What Mrs. McGillicuddy Saw! [4:50 From Paddington], 1957