Philip

“People don't change that much. Don't waste time trying to put in what was left out. Try to draw out what was left in. That is hard enough.”
― Marcus Buckingham, First, Break All the Rules: What the World's Greatest Managers Do Differently

“Look, Tad, you're quite sure that you have no idea, even in the back of your mind, where Bill could have been staying?" "I haven't got a back to my mind. I have just a small, narrow space in front where I keep all that's useful to me. A few telephone numbers and a prayer or two.”
― Josephine Tey, The Singing Sands

“Charm. The most insidious weapon in all the human armoury.”
― Josephine Tey, A Shilling for Candles

“I judged it better to do your breakfast myself. How do you like your eggs? Sunny side up?” “If you really want to know, I like them broken when they are half cooked and rummelled up with a fork.” “Panaché!” Marta said, delighted. “That is one I have not met before. We are growing intimate, aren’t we! I am probably the only woman alive except your housekeeper who knows that you like your breakfast eggs streaky. Or—am I?” “Well, there’s a woman in a village near Amiens that I once confessed it to. But I doubt if she would remember.” “She is probably making a fortune out of the idea. Eggs à l’Anglaise probably has a totally new meaning in France nowadays. Brown bread or white?” “Brown, please.”
― Josephine Tey, To Love and Be Wise