Quotes from Agatha Christie

The fact that you can sit down and write something, and that then it passes direct from you to someone else, is a much happier and more natural feeling than handing out cheques or things of that kind.

Man må våge viss man vil noen steder, sa fru Bantry.

Det kan du stole på. Liker du detektivfortellinger? Det gjør jeg. Jeg leser alle sammen, og har navnetrekkene til Dorothy Sayers og Agatha Christie og Dickson Carr og H.C. Bailey.

I wanted to kill... yes, I wanted to kill. But- incongruous as it may seem to some- I was retrained and hampered by my innate sense of justice. The innocent must not suffer.

Aku benci melihat orang yang merasa puas diri. Hal itu membangkitkan semua naluri jahatku.

Only in England is the coffee so atrocious,' he remarked. 'On the continent, they understand how important it is for the digestion that it should be properly made.

As a rich property owner says 'Bolsheviks' - as an earnest Communist says 'Capitalists! ' - as a good housewife says 'Blackbeetles' - so did Miss Williams say 'Men!' From her spinster's, governess's life, there rose up a blast of fierce feminism. Nobody hearing her speak could doubt that to Miss Williams Men were the Enemy!

Sesuatu yang baik tak pernah terlalu banyak, ketahuilah itu.

About Poirot] The flamboyant moustaches, the sartorial elegance, the white spats and the pointed patent leather shoes all filled this insular young man with distinct misgivings.

The delicate exotic flower has to have the shelter of the greenhouse—it cannot endure the cold winds. It is the common weed that thrives in the wintry air—but it is not to be prized higher on that account.

Child's evidence is always the best evidence there is. I'd rely on it every time. No good in court, of course. Children can't stand being asked direct questions. They mumble or else look idiotic and say they don't know. They're at their best when they're showing off.

He has a kind of genius for going to the root of the matter, and right up to the end no one has any idea of what he is really thinking.

Well, you know, bigamy is bigamy.

Why not have told me the truth?" he countered. "In a place like this, all Ralph Paton's doings were bound to be known. If your sister had not happened to pass through the wood that day somebody else would have done

Eve. The Lee family reunion, never a lively affair, is interrupted

But I've always found that those who talk most about blood have never actually seen it run.

Never give in! That's my motto. Don't think of trouble and trouble won't come!

Oh, Lord," muttered Anthony, "what a lot of funny people it does take to make a world.

other, stood there, looking hostile. "Can I see Colonel Pikeaway?

The young people think that the old people are fools, but the old people KNOW the young people are fools.

the world is full of the young – or even the middle-aged – who wait, patiently or impatiently, for the death of someone whose decease will give them if not affluence – then opportunity

England was in a funny state, a different state from what it had been. Or was it really always in the same state? Always underneath the smooth surface there was some black mud. There wasn't clear water down to the pebbles, down to the shells, lying on the bottom of the sea. There was something moving, something sluggish somewhere, something that had to be found, suppressed.

Detective stories are mostly bunkum... But they amuse people... And they're useful sometimes.

You will not give away a lady's secret?