“Say, gentlemen, this business is getting on my nerves. Murder and the snow and all, and nothing doing. Just hanging about and… — Agatha Christie Copy Share Image
And yet," said Poirot, "suppose an accident-" "Ah, no, my friend-" "From your point of view it would be regrettable, I agree.… — Agatha Christie Copy Share Image
“Lies--and again lies--it amazes me, the amount of lies we had told to us this morning." "There are more still to discover,"… — Agatha Christie Copy Share Image
“Ah, yes,’ said Poirot. He was reflecting, and not for the first time, that seen from the back, shorts were becoming to… — Agatha Christie Copy Share Image
“Blowpipes and darts——heathen, I call it,” said Mrs. Mitchell. “You are right,” said Poirot, addressing her with a flattering air of being… — Agatha Christie Copy Share Image
“And most conveniently she leaves her handkerchief behind!” said Poirot. “Exactly as it happens in the books and on the films—and to… — 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… — Agatha Christie Copy Share Image
Who are you? You don't belong to the police?' 'I am better than the police,' said Poirot. He said it without conscious… — Agatha Christie Copy Share Image
“What are you going to do?’ ‘I am going to visit these five people-and from each one I am going to get… — 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
“Mr. Satterthwaite looked cheered. Suddenly an idea struck him. His jaw fell. "My goodness," he cried, "I've only just realized it! That… — Agatha Christie Copy Share Image
“...A brave new world. There isn't anything really like that, is there?" "You don't believe in it?" "Do you?" "There is always… — Agatha Christie Copy Share Image
“Are you really a detective, then?” “At your service, Madame.” “I thought there were no detectives on the train when it passed… — Agatha Christie Copy Share Image
“About Miss Debenham," he said rather awkwardly. "You can take it from me that she's all right. She's a pukka sahib. "What,"… — Agatha Christie Copy Share Image
“Poirot's eyes opened. "That is great ferocity," he said. "It is a woman," said the chef de train, speaking for the first… — Agatha Christie Copy Share Image
“And then?" "And then," said Poirot. "We will talk! Je vous assure, Hastings - there is nothing so dangerous for anyone who… — Agatha Christie Copy Share Image
“and endless inconvenience. But have I not heard you say often that to solve a case a man has only to lie… — Agatha Christie Copy Share Image
“Life can be very terrible," he said. "One needs much courage." "To kill oneself? yes, I suppose one does." "Also to live,"… — Agatha Christie Copy Share Image
“In fact,' said Poirot, 'she stabbed him in the dark, not realising that he was dead already, but somehow deduced that he… — Agatha Christie Copy Share Image
“ Mon ami ,' said Poirot with dignity, 'when I commit a murder it will not be with the arrow poison of… — Agatha Christie Copy Share Image
“What,” asked Dr. Constantine with interest, “does a pukka sahib mean?” “It means,” said Poirot, “that Miss Debenham’s father and brothers were… — 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
“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
“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
“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
“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
“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
“Every murderer is probably somebody’s old friend,” observed Poirot philosophically. “You cannot mix up sentiment and reason.” — Agatha Christie Copy Share
“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
“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
“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
“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
It is ridiculous to set a detective story in New York City. New York City is itself a detective story. — Agatha Christie Copy Share
“Poirot, watching him, felt suddenly a doubt--an uncomfortable twinge. Was there, here, something that he had missed? Some richness of the spirit? Sadness crept… — Agatha Christie Copy Share
Then there are some minor points that strike me as suggestive - for instance, the position of Mrs. Hubbard's sponge bag, the name of… — Agatha Christie Copy Share
