Book Quote by Agatha Christie Download Open image “I admit," I said, "that a second murder in a book often cheers things up." - Hastings” — Agatha Christie ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.1 out of 5 (10 ratings) Copy quoteShare Book Books Cheer Murder Said
“If after reading this book you come to my home and brutally murder me, I do not blame you.” — Jesse Andrews Copy Share Image
“I have never killed a man, but I have read many obituaries with a lot of pleasure.” — Clarence Darrow Copy Share Image
“While all murders are tragic, not all murders are interesting to write about.” — Kathryn McMaster Copy Share Image
“Not that you mind the killings! There's plenty of killings in your book, Lord..” — Davis Grubb Copy Share Image
“You can't murder a book. Even I know that. But you know what you can do with a book, what you can do is… — Lady Jaida Copy Share Image
“If you should stick only to what you know, we should worry about the thousands of authors who write about murder. If” — Roz Morris Copy Share Image
“All right, I said murder and I'll say it again as often as I like, so keep your hair on...” — C.S. Lewis Copy Share Image
“(A murderer about their victim:) "He was an expert in vicarious death. I should like to have been there to see how he enjoyed… — P.D. James Copy Share Image
“A month or two before, I would have been appalled at the idea of any murder at all. But that Sunday afternoon, as I… — Donna Tartt Copy Share Image
“You can’t plot murder like a novel. There are always loose ends in real life.” — Robert Galbraith Copy Share Image
“Might it also be that creating narratives around murder allows a measure of comfort? Murder in the abstract is terrifying; in the details, you… — Emily Maguire Copy Share Image
“It was like murdering two of your children. I try to make the readers feel they’ve lived the events of the book. Just as… — George R.R. Martin 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
I think a new world will arise out of the religious mists when we approach our Bible with the idea that it is not… — Aiden Wilson Tozer Copy Share Image
If I had a dollar for every time I couldn’t sleep, I could buy a billion locks and finally read a book in peace. — Aesop Rock Copy Share Image
Young men, especially in America, write to me and ask me to recommend “a course of reading.” Distrust a course of reading! People who… — Andrew Lang Copy Share Image
I have many who keep me going, I am very fortunate in this sense. There is nothing like a child who knows more about… — Floyd Cooper Copy Share Image
I think books in which people are really happy and things are going well are probably the most challenging novels there are to write,… — Anna Quindlen Copy Share Image
It's like the query letter problem that I just mentioned, magnified a hundredfold. You might be good at telling a story, but that doesn't… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
I don't think I have made as much of my life as I should have. I should have written more books. — Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr Copy Share Image
Some books are not read in the right way because they have skipped a stage of opinion, assume a crystallization of information in society… — Doris Lessing Copy Share Image
“People talk about books that write themselves, and it's a lie. Books don't write themselves. It takes thought and research and a backache and… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
The purpose of this book is to supply, in the form suitable for laymen, guidance in the adoption and execution of an investment policy. — Benjamin Graham Copy Share Image
