“Not selfish things, not things for herself; who could give to unwanted children love, care, a home. All these things she could… — Agatha Christie Copy Share Image
“I was such a foolish girl - girls are foolish, Mr. Satterthwaite. They are so sure of themselves, so convinced they know… — Agatha Christie Copy Share Image
“Because when you’re in love, you think you’re invincible. It blinds you. And you don’t seem to care.” — Agatha Christie Copy Share Image
Juliet singles out Romeo. Desdemona claims Othello. They have no doubts, the young, no fear, no pride. — Agatha Christie Copy Share Image
You know, Emily was a selfish old woman in her way. She was very generous, but she always wanted a return. She… — Agatha Christie Copy Share Image
“I've been in love once and if I felt it coming on again I tell you I'd emigrate.” — Agatha Christie Copy Share Image
“Edna restored the toffee to the centre of her tongue and sucking pleasurably, resumed her typing of Naked Love by Armand Levine.… — Agatha Christie Copy Share Image
A man when he is making up to anybody can be cordial and gallant and full of little attentions and altogether charming.… — Agatha Christie Copy Share Image
“Sometimes, as a great treat, I was allowed to remove Nursie's snowy ruffled cap. Without it, she somehow retreated into private life… — Agatha Christie Copy Share Image
“Handsome, strong, gay ... She felt again the thro and lilt of her blood. She had loved Kameni in that moment. She… — 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
“But when a man is really in love he can't help looking like a sheep. Now whenever that young man looked he… — Agatha Christie Copy Share Image
“You mean you really want to marry me?" she asked with the air of one getting a thing perfectly clear. "More than… — Agatha Christie Copy Share Image
“I have, to begin with, an incurably romantic imagination. The practice of throwing a bottle into the sea with an important document… — Agatha Christie Copy Share Image
But surely for everything you have to love you have to pay some price. — Agatha Christie Copy Share Image
Everyone is a potential murderer-in everyone there arises from time to time thewish to kill-though not the will to kill. — 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
