Money Quote by Agatha Christie
““She was quite a kindly woman. What she said at the last in the kitchen was quite true. ‘I didn’t want to kill anybody.’ What she wanted was a great deal of money that didn’t belong to her! And before that desire—(and it had become a kind of obsession—the money was to pay her back for all the suffering life had inflicted on her)—everything else went to the wall.””
About This Quote
Source Novel: The Murder of Roger Ackroyd, 1926
A woman's obsession with stolen money drives her to rationalize harming others, showing greed's corrupting power.
In simple terms: Greed leads to harmful rationalizations.
Key Takeaway
Beware of greed.
Themes
greed
obsession
morality
Mood
tense
dark
thoughtful
Type
literary
philosophical
When to use this quote
- financial desperation
- family conflict
- crime investigation
Key Concepts
psychology of crime
ethical decay
Questions to Reflect On
- What drives people to justify wrongdoing?
- Can empathy counteract obsession?
A Different Perspective
Not all motives are financial.
