“There is, as Miss Marple would say, a lot of human nature in all of us.” — Agatha Christie Copy Share Image
If I were at any time to set out on a career of deceit, it would be of Miss Marple that I… — Agatha Christie Copy Share Image
Everybody is very much alike, really. But fortunately, perhaps, they don't realise it. - Miss Marple — Agatha Christie Copy Share Image
“Oh well," said Miss Marple, "it's just perseverance, isn't it, that leads to things.” — Agatha Christie Copy Share Image
“How can you and I set about preventing a murder? You're about a hundred and I'm a broken-up old crock.” — Agatha Christie Copy Share Image
“In an English village, you turn over a stone and have no idea what will crawl out. Miss Marple” — Agatha Christie Copy Share Image
“Ah, I see you are an actress, Miss Marple, as well as an avenger.” — Agatha Christie Copy Share Image
“So many things are difficult,” said Miss Marple. It was a useful phrase which she used often.” — Agatha Christie Copy Share Image
Global new money has houses everywhere, and serious helicopters, it doesn't aspire to the Miss Marple life of St. Mary Mead. — Peter York Copy Share Image
I feel I could be walking down the street, and if somebody talked to me, I could just slot into 'Miss Marple'… — Geraldine McEwan Copy Share Image
“Miss Marple is a white-haired old lady with a gentle, appealing manner—Miss Wetherby is a mixture of vinegar and gush. Of the… — Agatha Christie Copy Share Image
“I have made it a habit,” said Miss Marple. “To be careful?” “I should not put it exactly like that, but I… — Agatha Christie Copy Share Image
“This morning Miss Marple lay thinking soberly and constructively of murder, and what, if her suspicions were correct, she could do about… — Agatha Christie Copy Share Image
“True to the precepts handed down to her by her mother and grandmother—to wit: that a true lady can neither be shocked… — Agatha Christie Copy Share Image
“I hoped for the best,' said Miss Marple. 'One cannot go through life without attracting certain risks if they are necessary.” — Agatha Christie Copy Share Image
“Human nature is always interesting... And it's curious to see how certain types always tend to act in exactly the same way."… — 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
“Surely,” said Miss Marple, aghast at an idea that had come into her mind, “there can’t be a bond of ruthlessness between… — 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
“Holmes is depressed. Poirot is vain. Miss Marple is brusque and eccentric. They don’t have to be attractive. Look at Nero Wolfe… — Anthony Horowitz Copy Share Image
When I was asked to play 'Miss Marple,' I was given the Kevin Elyot script for 'The Body in the Library.' I… — Geraldine McEwan Copy Share Image
“I love you!” he bellowed at me and his eyes turned black. “Happy now? I love you, okay? I love you so… — Tim O'Rourke 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
“I read a lot of Agatha Christie's that fall of 1938 - maybe all of them. The Hercule Poirots, the Miss Marples.… — Amor Towles Copy Share Image
One does see so much evil in a village,' murmured Miss Marple in an explanatory voice. — Agatha Christie Copy Share Image
“It has just happened that I have found myself in the vicinity of murder rather more often than would seem normal.” — Agatha Christie Copy Share Image
“Miss Marple always sees everything. Gardening is as good as a smoke screen, and the habit of observing birds through powerful glasses… — Agatha Christie Copy Share Image
'Miss Marple' enjoys every minute of her existence and is not worried about getting old. — Geraldine McEwan Copy Share Image
“Miss Marple made a ladylike noise of vexation like a cat sneezing to indicate profound disgust.” — Agatha Christie Copy Share Image
Miss Marple believes in justice and has very high standards. There is nothing you could say or do that would shock her. — Joan Hickson Copy Share Image
“One does not like to make definite assertions unless one has a little more definite knowledge.” — Agatha Christie Copy Share Image
I don't have time to watch TV. The only things I watch are 'Miss Marple' and 'Midsommer Murders.' They are the only… — Arlene Phillips Copy Share Image
“Pünd remembered their first case together when Fraser had failed to notice that his travelling companion, on the three-fifty train from Paddington,… — Anthony Horowitz Copy Share Image
I thought I was the wrong shape: that Miss Marple would be much fluffier than me, much more wearing shawls and things.… — Joan Hickson Copy Share Image
“Yes, it was dangerous, but we are not put into this world, Mr. Burton, to avoid danger when an important fellow creature's… — Agatha Christie Copy Share Image
“People with a grudge against the world are always dangerous. They seem to think life owes them something. I've known many an… — Agatha Christie Copy Share Image
