Quotes by Anthony Berkeley

“She was a mild, inoffensive, well-meaning creature, with a face not unlike that of an amiable horse, and she spent most of her life striving so hard to do the right thing and invariably doing the wrong one.”

“For a minute or two they remained in complete silence--the silence of people who know each other so well that words are merely an accessory rather than a necessity.”

“Real life is one anti-climax after another.”