“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
“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
I mean, imagine how some unfortunate Master Criminal would feel, on coming down to do a murder at the old Grange, if… — Anonymous 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
“Like so many of the other books I read, it never seemed to me like a book, but like a place I… — Anna Quindlen Copy Share Image
“You don't have to VENERATE Hercule Poirot, Ms. Christie, but he didn't deserve to be VILIFIED , either!” — Johanna Oznowicz 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
“I noticed how those who know the truth are always treated with suspicion and disdain. That was the case with Jesus, of… — Yann Martel 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
