“In case, I would prefer to say, that some circumstances should strike me in a different light to the one in which… — Agatha Christie Copy Share Image
My remarks are, as always, apt, sound, and to the point. (Hercule Poirot) — Agatha Christie Copy Share Image
“Ah yes, the people concerned. That is very important. You remember, perhaps, who they were?’ Depleach considered. ‘Let me see-it’s a long… — Agatha Christie Copy Share Image
“And suddenly, with a terrific shock, with that feeling as of blurring on a cinematograph screen before the picture comes to focus,… — Agatha Christie Copy Share Image
You want beauty,' said Hercules Poirot. 'Beauty at any price. For me, it is truth. I want always truth. — Agatha Christie Copy Share Image
Hercule Poirot: I am an imbecile. I see only half of the picture. Miss Lemon: I don't even see that. — Agatha Christie Copy Share Image
“For somewhere," said Poirot to himself, indulging in an absolute riot of mixed metaphors, "there is in the hay a needle, and… — Agatha Christie Copy Share Image
“You tell your lies and you think nobody knows. But there are two people who know. Yes- two people. One is le… — Agatha Christie Copy Share Image
“What do you expect Cust to tell you?" Hercule Poirot smiled. "A lie," he said. "And by it, I shall know the… — Agatha Christie Copy Share Image
“He dragged me back - just in time. A tree had crashed down on to the side walk, just missing us. Poirot… — Agatha Christie Copy Share Image
“Poirot realized with a momentary flicker of amusement that he had not made himself popular by his critical attitude. Linnet was used… — Agatha Christie Copy Share Image
Until one looks back on one's own past one fails to realise what an extraordinary view of the world a child has. — Agatha Christie Copy Share Image
“He was a man of whom nearly everybody was a little afraid. Why this last was so can hardly be stated in… — Agatha Christie Copy Share Image
“Your idea of a woman is someone who gets on a chair and shrieks if she sees a mouse. That's all prehistoric.” — Agatha Christie Copy Share Image
“I find most of the human race extraordinarily repulsive. They probably reciprocate this feeling.” — Agatha Christie Copy Share Image
“I demand of you a thousand pardons, monsieur. I am without defence. For some months now I cultivate the marrows. This morning… — Agatha Christie Copy Share Image
“It takes more than a printed notice to keep you from reality. . . . We've only one life to live.” — Agatha Christie Copy Share Image
“Hercule Poirot went to bed thoughtful. He was fascinated by the problem of personality. To Edmunds, the clerk, Elsa Greer was a… — Agatha Christie Copy Share Image
“He did not know the methods of Hercule Poirot. I do not run to and fro, making journeys, and agitating myself. My… — Agatha Christie Copy Share Image
“Trains are relentless things, aren't they, Monsieur Poirot? People are murdered and die, but they go on just the same. I am… — Agatha Christie Copy Share Image
“Vi pripadate Ligi naroda? -Ja pripadam cijelom svijetu, madame, reče Poirot dramatično.” — Agatha Christie Copy Share Image
“And then?" "And then," said Poirot. "We will talk! Je vous assure, Hastings - there is nothing so dangerous for anyone who… — Agatha Christie Copy Share Image
“Guy Carpenter frowned and came into the drawing room through the window. He had a long face like a horse, he was… — 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
