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Mean Quotes by Agatha Christie
- I know nothing about pistols and revolvers, which is why I usually kill off my characters with a blunt instrument or better with poisons. Besides,…
- Words are such uncertain things, they so often sound well but mean the opposite of what one thinks they do.
- Heather Badcock meant no harm. She never did mean harm, but there is no doubt that people like Heather Badcock (and like my old friend…
- I really cannot understand the point of what you're saying. Really,' said Clotilde, looking at her. 'What a very extraordinary person you are. What sort…
- What I feel is that if one has got to have a murder actually happening in one's house, one might as well enjoy it, if…
- That is what I mean. A bath! The receptacle of porcelain, one turns the taps and fills it, one gets in, one gets out and…
- I was thinking, that when my time comes, I should be sorry if the only plea I had to offer was that of justice. Because…
- Fey...a Scotch word...It means the kind of exalted happiness that comes before disaster. You know--it's too good to be true.
- There are more important things than finding the murderer. And justice is a fine word, but it is sometimes difficult to say exactly what one…
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