"“I’m sure,” Malone said. “When you eliminate the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.…"

"Malone, meanwhile, put in two weeks sitting glumly at his Washington desk and checking reports as they arrived. They …"

"I’m not a hard man to convince. And when I see the truth, I’m the first one to admit it, even if it makes me look lik…"

"Miss Thompson may be off her trolley, but the others haven’t even got any tracks."

"Boyd looked up. “Rome,” he said in an absent fashion, “wasn’t built in a daze.”"

"In general he doesn’t know any more about magic than an ostrich knows about icebergs."

"Are you an accessory to this imbecilic tomfoolery?"

"One of the troubles with the world is that so few laymen take an interest in science."

"Any group which makes a claim to infallibility must be very careful not to make any mistakes, and the mistakes that w…"

"There were people, Malone had always understood, who bounced out of their beds and greeted each new day with a smile.…"