It's not about how many times you get knocked down, it's about how many times you get back up.
One ought never to turn one's back on a threatened danger and try to run away from it. If you do that, you will double the danger. But if you meet it promptly and without flinching, you will reduce the danger by half.
My scientific studies have afforded me great satisfaction; and I am convinced that it will not be long before the whole world acknowledges the results of my work.
The past is never dead; it's not even past. This is especially true in detective fiction.