Quotes from Agatha Christie

Miss Debenham, whose second name is Hermione,

Think, my friend," said Poirot's voice encouragingly. "Arrange your ideas. Be methodical. Be orderly. There is the secret of success.

little drop cakes.

Most peculiar, the way people danced nowadays. Flinging themselves about, seeming quite contorted. Oh well, young people must enjoy—

There's a general belief that athletes aren't overburdened by brains (not at all true by the way), but I can't believe Nevile Strange is a complete moron.

Two people who have suffered unhappiness have a great bond in common.

He went slowly out of the boat house, unhappy and displeased with himself. He, Hurcule Poirot, had been summoned to prevent a murder and he had not prevented it. It had happened. What was even more humiliating was that he had no real ideas, even now, as to what has actually happened. It was ignominious. And tomorrow, he must return to London, defeated. His ego was seriously deflated. Even his mustache drooped.

Oh well," said Miss Marple, "it's just perseverance, isn't it, that leads to things.

It looks like a hand," he remarked. "But, if you say so, I'm quite prepared to admit that it's a cubist picture of Sunset at the North Pole.

Ojos grandes, grises, como lagos muertos.

Then,' said Poirot, 'having placed my solution before you, I have the honour to retire from the case…

There is always a brave new world," said Poirot, "but only, you know, for very special people. The lucky ones. The ones who carry the making of that world within themselves." ? Agatha Christie, Hallowe'en Party

Kematian malah bisa berarti kehidupan yang lebih berarti.

The room into which Sir Charles was shown had walls of a rather drab oatmeal colour with a frieze of laburnum round the top. The curtains were of rose-coloured velvet, there were a lot of photographs and china dogs, the telephone was coyly hidden by a lady with ruffled skirts, there were a great many little tables and some suspicious-looking brasswork from Birmingham via the Far East.

I don't think I ever really believed in the annihilation of Anne. There is something peculiarly indestructible about that young woman

Két fiatal fiú ült vele szemben. A rend?rség fiatalkorúnak tekinti ?ket, az ? szemében gyerekek, az újságírókéban kamaszok. Hívjuk ?ket akárminek. A kor termékei. Egyikük sem ostoba, még ha nem is oly magas szellemiségek, ahogy az imént hízelgett nekik, hogy elindítsa a beszélgetést.

Pero recuerde que en esta vida las cosas no son tan bonitas como parecen a primera vista.

Not at all," said Mrs. Oliver. "Least likely person. It seems to work out in real life just the same as in books.

The world is yours. The New Heaven and the New Earth. In your new world, my children, let there be freedom and let there be pity... That is all I ask. Hercule Poirot, from "One, two, buckle my shoe

Sometimes—things seem unreal. I can't believe, this minute, that it ever happened…." Marshall said slowly: "I think I know what you mean. Nature is so regardless! One ant the less—that's all it is in Nature!" Rosamund said: "Yes—and that's the proper way to look at it really.

Her sprits rose. In moderation Jane did not object to crime. The papers had been full lately of the exploits of various girl bandits. Jane had seriously thought of becoming one if all else failed.

The light from the window caught her pince-nez and made them give off little flashes.

in King's Abbot we permit people to indulge their little idiosyncrasies freely.

I am sixty-nine,' he said. 'Everything I know of life I know at second hand. Sometimes that is very bitter to me. And yet, because of it, I know a good deal.