“There is the natural liar...Always says the thing that sounds best.” — Agatha Christie Copy Share Image
The supernatural is only the natural of which the laws are not yet understood. — Agatha Christie Copy Share Image
Trains are wonderful.... To travel by train is to see nature and human beings, towns and churches and rivers, in fact, to… — Agatha Christie Copy Share Image
“To begin with, you must realize that the threatening letters were in the nature of a blind. They might have been lifted… — Agatha Christie Copy Share Image
But I know human nature, my friend, and I tell you that, suddenly confronted with the possibility of being tried for murder,… — 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
“Poirot sighed. He said “The world is yours, the new heaven and the new earth. In your new world, my children, let… — Agatha Christie Copy Share Image
Once I went professionally to an archaeological expedition-and I learnt something there. In the course of an excavation, when something comes up… — 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