It's astonishing in this world how things don't turn out at all the way you expect them to. — Agatha Christie Copy Share Image
I've always noticed that if you speak the truth in a rather silly way nobody believes you. — Agatha Christie Copy Share Image
I learned ... that one can never go back, that one should not ever try to go back - that the essence… — Agatha Christie Copy Share Image
Don't think. That is the wrong way to bring anything back. Let it go. Sooner or later it will flash into your… — Agatha Christie Copy Share Image
It is clear that the books owned the shop rather than the other way about. Everywhere they had run wild and taken… — 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
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 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
One of the oddest things in life, as we all know, is the way that when you have heard a thing mentioned,… — Agatha Christie Copy Share Image
There is no telling what a human character is. Until the test comes. To most of us the test comes early in… — 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
God bless my soul, woman, the more personal you are the better! This is a story of human beings - not dummies!… — Agatha Christie Copy Share Image
Vous eprouves trop d'emotion, Hastings, It affects your hands and your wits. Is that a way to fold a coat? And regard… — Agatha Christie Copy Share Image
I looked at her. Sheila was my girl--the girl I wanted--and wanted for keeps. But it wasn't any use having illusions about… — 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
