Quotes from Agatha Christie

Quite nice-looking in a kind of way, but rather as though she might have what my mother used to call "a touch of the tar-brush.

Softly unbolting the door, he stuck the cat's head round the edge and ejaculated a piercing "Miaow." The Scotland Yard inspector, who was standing outside with another man, jumped in spite of himself.

Extraordinary fellow. Took me by the neck when I wasn't expecting it, and wrung it like a chicken." She moved her neck gingerly.

Human reactions vary and so does human experience.

It's a very useful thing sometimes, an idea.

Hate me a little if you will. But I think you are one of those who would rather look truth in the face than live in a fool's paradise; and you might not have lived in it so very long.

I looked at Poirot in silent amazement. The colossal cheek of the little man! Who on earth but Poirot would have thought of a trial for murder as a restorer of conjugal happiness! "I perceive your thoughts, mon ami," said Poirot, smiling at me. "No one but Hercule Poirot would have attempted such a thing! And you are wrong in condemning it. The happiness of one man and woman is the greatest thing in all the world.

There is a great charity always to the dead. Do you know what I should like this minute? I should like to find someone who knew Elizabeth Barnard and who does not know she is dead! Then, perhaps, I should hear what is useful to me—the truth.

The wise man does not commit himself. Is not that so?

But I had noticed the pause. I was almost sure that what she had been about to say was "That's what I did." I decided to take the war into the enemy's country. "I see," I said pleasantly, "so you've had one, too?

She wasn't easy to read. She'd do a devilish thing one day, and a really fine one the next.

About Nora Broad} Miss Marple: Was she a girl that did well in school and all that? Mrs. Black: No she wasn't, heh... She was idle, and she wasn't too clever to books either. No, she was "all for the boys." From the time she was twelve years old, onwards.

But talk, however light, however idle, gives away, inevitably, the sort of person you are. The wise criminal would never open his mouth, but criminals are seldom wise and usually vain and they talk a good deal—and so most criminals are caught.

Io sospetto di tutti fino all'ultimo momento» replicò.

Il peggio è spesso la verità.

It seems so awful somehow that it should be such a lovely day.

a man of method. He might bring intelligence, talent, a careful calculation of detail to the task;

His name, he noted with chagrin, made no particular impression on her. The younger generation, he could not but feel, were singularly lacking in knowledge of notable celebrities

Who are you? You don't belong to the police?" "I am better than the police," said Poirot. He said it without conscious arrogance. It was, to him, a simple statement of fact.

One of the oddest things in life, as we all know, is the way that when you have heard a thing mentioned, within 24 hours you nearly always come across it again

It seemed unnecessary for her to have had a premonition at all.

Her hand waved softly to and fro, keeping the heat of the fire from her face.

Most details are insignificant; one or two are vital. It is the brain, the little grey cells"—he tapped his forehead—"on which one must rely. The senses mislead. One must seek the truth within—not without.

It´s true, isn´t it? We´re all waiting for the end.