Dorothy L. Sayers

"The young were always theoretical; only the middle-aged could realise the deadliness of principles. (Ch. 21)"

"A human being must have occupation, if he or she is not to become a nuisance to the world."

"What is repugnant to every human being is to be reckoned always as a member of a class and not as an individual person."

"Every time a man expects, as he says, his money to work for him, he is expecting other people to work for him."

"Those who prefer their English sloppy have only themselves to thank if the advertisement writer uses his mastery of the vocabulary and syntax to mislead their weak minds."

"What do we find God doing about this business of sin and evil?...God did not abolish the fact of evil; He transformed it. He did not stop the Crucifixion; He rose from the dead."