In my end is my beginning - that's what people are always saying. But what does it mean? — Agatha Christie Copy Share Image
Words are such uncertain things, they so often sound well but mean the opposite of what one thinks they do. — Agatha Christie Copy Share Image
Never worry about what you say to a man. They're so conceited that they never believe you mean it if it's unflattering. — Agatha Christie Copy Share Image
Fey...a Scotch word...It means the kind of exalted happiness that comes before disaster. You know--it's too good to be true. — Agatha Christie Copy Share Image
... it's always interesting when one doesn't see. If you don't see what a thing means, you must be looking at it… — Agatha Christie Copy Share Image
What I feel is that if one has got to have a murder actually happening in one's house, one might as well… — Agatha Christie Copy Share Image
I was thinking, that when my time comes, I should be sorry if the only plea I had to offer was that… — Agatha Christie Copy Share Image
I've got a stomach now as well as a behind. And I mean - well, you can't pull it in both ways,… — 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
That is what I mean. A bath! The receptacle of porcelain, one turns the taps and fills it, one gets in, one… — Agatha Christie Copy Share Image
I know nothing about pistols and revolvers, which is why I usually kill off my characters with a blunt instrument or better… — Agatha Christie Copy Share Image
Heather Badcock meant no harm. She never did mean harm, but there is no doubt that people like Heather Badcock (and like… — Agatha Christie Copy Share Image
I really cannot understand the point of what you're saying. Really,' said Clotilde, looking at her. 'What a very extraordinary person you… — 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
