It is indeed, a fearful place. The torrent, swollen by the melting snow,plunges into a tremendous abyss, from which the spray rolls up like ...

Sur les crédences, au salon vide: nul ptyx " Sonnet en X "  And yet I'm sure this is not the only book that's been on the ...

Night of fire   この気持ちに勝るものなんてないけど 「Night of Fire」(Dream)    Night of fire! There is nothing that can overwhelm my feelings "Night of F...

" Thoroughly respectable and honest. Not, perhaps, remarkable for brains ." " Murder on the Orient Express " Now I think...

Firmitas, utilitas et venustas   " De architectura "       Firmness, commidity and delight   " On Architecture " I wante...

" Men have called me mad; but the question is not yet settled." " Eleonora "  Eight locked room murders in the last rev...

Open here I flung the shutter, when, with many a flirt and flutter, In there stepped a stately Raven of the saintly days of yore;     N...

Oh, it all started with the silly phrase 'No smoke without fire.' People have been saying that ad nauseam. " The Moving Finger ...

" Unagi is a state of total awareness. Only by achieving true unagi can you be prepared for any danger that may befall you." ...