“Mr. Satterthwaite looked cheered. Suddenly an idea struck him. His jaw fell. "My goodness," he cried, "I've only just realized it! That… — Agatha Christie Copy Share Image
I have no pity for myself either. So let it be Veronal. But I wish Hercule Poirot had never retired from work… — Agatha Christie Copy Share Image
“.... she was like a flower. And suddenly, for a vivid minute, Hercule Poirot had a new conception of the dead girl.… — Agatha Christie Copy Share Image
“Hercule Poirot addressed himself to the task of keeping his moustaches out of the soup.” — Agatha Christie Copy Share Image
“You might start a new religion yourself, with the creed: 'There is no one so clever as Hercule Poirot, Amen, D. C.… — Agatha Christie Copy Share Image
There are more important things than finding the murderer. And justice is a fine word, but it is sometimes difficult to say… — Agatha Christie Copy Share Image
“ Mon ami ,' said Poirot with dignity, 'when I commit a murder it will not be with the arrow poison of… — Agatha Christie Copy Share Image
“Use your little grey cells mon ami" (Hercule Poirot in 'The Mysterious Affair At Styles')” — Agatha Christie Copy Share Image
“It is the sex angle that sells stories, that makes news. give people scandal allied to sex and it appeals far more… — Agatha Christie Copy Share Image
“Do you know what you sound like?' said Mrs. Oliver. 'A computer. You know. You're programming yourself. That's what they call it,… — Agatha Christie Copy Share Image
“I enrage myself with an imbecile. I say, 'I would like to kick him.' Instead I kick the table. I say, 'This… — Agatha Christie Copy Share Image
Ah, but life is like that! It does not permit you to arrange and order it as you will. It will not… — Agatha Christie Copy Share Image
“What are you doing, Poirot?" "I dissect rucksacks. It is very interesting.” — Agatha Christie Copy Share Image
“You’re suggesting the mysterious X. Where do we look for him?’ Poirot said: ‘Obviously in a close circle. There were five people,… — Agatha Christie Copy Share Image
In conversation, points arise! If a human being converses much, it is impossible for him to avoid the truth! (Hercule Poirot) — Agatha Christie Copy Share Image
“Tell him we thank him and we will pray for him." Hercule Poirot said gently: "He needs your prayers." "Is he then… — Agatha Christie Copy Share Image
“Really, my friend! But I will not sit back and say ‘le bon Dieu has arranged everything, I will not interfere.’ Because… — Agatha Christie Copy Share Image
It is the brain, the little gray cells on which one must rely. One must seek the truth within--not without." ~ Poirot — Agatha Christie Copy Share Image
“Poirot was standing in the larder in a dramtic attitude. In his hand he was brandishing a leg of mutton. 'My dear… — Agatha Christie Copy Share Image
“It is romantic, yes,’ agreed Hercule Poirot. ‘It is peaceful. The sun shines. The sea is blue. But you forget, Miss Brewster,… — Agatha Christie Copy Share Image
“In fact the marriage has been arranged by heaven and Hercule Poirot. All I have to do is to compound a felony.” — Agatha Christie Copy Share Image
One must accept the fact that we have only one companion in this world, a companion who accompanies us from the cradle to the… — Agatha Christie Copy Share Image
“I like to see an angry Englishman," said Poirot. "They are very amusing. The more emotional they feel the less command they have of… — Agatha Christie Copy Share Image
“Now, as I expect you know, there is nothing more cruel than talk, and there is nothing more difficult to combat. When people say… — Agatha Christie Copy Share Image
“A child says ‘Thank God for my good dinner’. What can I say at seventy-five? ‘Thank God for my good life, and for all… — Agatha Christie Copy Share Image
“I'm afraid I always find Shakespeare terribly dreary. All those long scenes where everybody is drunk and it's supposed to be funny.” — Agatha Christie Copy Share Image
“Either her dream had taken a very odd turn or else - or else Mary had really rushed into the room and had said… — Agatha Christie Copy Share Image
“Every murderer is probably somebody’s old friend,” observed Poirot philosophically. “You cannot mix up sentiment and reason.” — Agatha Christie Copy Share Image
“Well, of course, it was not any of my business but you get very queer glimpses of life sometimes, and you can't help speculating… — Agatha Christie Copy Share Image
“Mr. Satterthwaite looked cheered. Suddenly an idea struck him. His jaw fell. "My goodness," he cried, "I've only just realized it! That rascal, with… — Agatha Christie Copy Share Image
“The old gentleman refuses to have the telephone which he regards as a device of the devil, and on a par with radio, television,… — Agatha Christie Copy Share Image
“That’s how they do it, these girls! Othello charmed Desdemona by telling her stories, but, oh, didn’t Desdemona charm Othello by the way she… — Agatha Christie Copy Share Image
It is ridiculous to set a detective story in New York City. New York City is itself a detective story. — Agatha Christie Copy Share Image
