The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (Hercule Poirot, #4)

by Agatha Christie

It is odd, when you have a secret belief of your own which you do not wish to acknowledge, the voicing of it by someone else will rouse you to a fury of denial.

Women observe subconsciously a thousand little details, without knowing that they are doing so. Their subconscious mind adds these little things together—and they call the result intuition.

“Never worry about what you say to a man. They’re so conceited that they never believe you mean it if it’s unflattering.”