Quotes from Agatha Christie

But how can any one be in there? There's no door except into this room. Your memory is excellent, Hastings. Now for the deductions.

Sarah King looked long and searchingly at Hercule Poirot. She noted the egg-shaped head, the gigantic moustaches, the dandified appearance and the suspicious blackness of hair.

The intense interest aroused in the public by what was known at the time as "The Styles Case" has now somewhat subsided.

Miss Marple had her breakfast brought to her in bed as usual. Tea, a boiled egg, and a slice of pawpaw.

?ôi khi có m?t v?c th?m ng?n cách quá kh? và t??ng lai. Khi ng??i ta ?ã b??c ?i trong thung l?ng c?a bóng t?i t? th?n r?i thoát ra kh?i, vào trong ánh sáng, ?ó là m?t cu?c s?ng m?i b?t ??u. Quá kh? s? ch?ng giúp ích gì n?a.

The mills of God grind slowly, but they grind exceeding small—

It was borne in upon her audience that the outside of Jane's charming head was distinctly superior to the inside.

The weather was always the same—fine. No interesting variations. "The many-splendoured weather of an English day," she

She transferred her gaze to me. "You are his secretary, I suppose?" "Er—yes," I said doubtfully. "Can you write decent English?" "I hope so." "H'm—where did you go to school?" "Eton." "Then you can't.

so many people seem to me not to be either bad or good, but simply, you know, very silly." Mr.

Yes, it's horrid having a death here. It makes everyone depressed. Of course—he was quite old." "He seemed quite well and cheerful yesterday," said Miss Marple, slightly resenting this calm assumption that everyone of advanced years was liable to die at any minute.

A man is responsible for his deeds, and not just the deeds, but for the consequences of those deeds, as well.

He had high blood pressure," said Molly. "But surely there are things one takes nowadays—some kind of pill. Science is so wonderful.

Tuppence had once laid upon him a serious injunction. ' If anybody over the age of sixty-five finds fault with you,' she said, 'never argue. Never try to say you're right. Apologize at once and say it was all your fault and you're very sorry and you'll never do it again.

I know, Hastings—I know. The spoken word and the written—there is an astonishing gulf between them. There is a way of turning sentences that completely reverses the original meaning.

The very simple-minded have often the genius to commit an uncomplicated crime and then leave it alone.

the Japanese always ate half-cooked rice and had marvellous brains in consequence.

Qué absurdo llamar a la juventud el tiempo de la felicidad! ¡La juventud es la edad de mayor vulnerabilidad!" (Muerte en el Nilo)

Ave, Cæsar! te morituri salutant,

But what is often called an intuition is really an impression based on logical deduction or experience.

Poirot var og ble en urokkelig tilhenger av den kontinentale form for frokost. Han ble helt ute av seg over å se meg sette til livs egg og bacon, - så sa han iallfall. Derfor spiste han da også frokost bestående av kaffe og rundstykker, mens jeg hadde min frihet til å begynne dagen alene med engelskmannens tradisjonelle egg og bacon og marmelade.

Ah," she said, "I've enjoyed myself! There's nothing like exchanging gossip and remembering old scandals." "A little malice," agreed Mr. Treves, "adds a certain savour to life.

He had had a lonely life and a lonely death. But it had been the kind of loneliness that spends itself in living amongst people, and in passing the time that way not unpleasantly.

Miss Williams said: "I see now why you said that it might be better if she had never known. All the same, I