Agatha Christie

It really is very dangerous to believe people. I never have for years.

One doesn't recognize the really important moments in one's life until it's too late.

Children and one's social inferiors never know when to say good-bye. One has to say it for them.

In conversation, points arise! If a human being converses much, it is impossible for him to avoid the truth!

You belong to the League of Nations?’
‘I belong to the world, Madame,’ said Poirot dramatically.

Go away where you're loved and taken care of and looked after.

When will a woman lie? Sometimes for herself. Usually for the man she loves. Always for her children.

It seems dreadful to say so, but there is something attractive to a girl in being told anyone is a bad man. She thinks at once that her love will reform him.

"He played the part of the devil too successfully. But he was not the devil. Au fond, he was a stupid man. And so - he died."
"Because he was stupid?"
"It is the sin that is never forgiven and always punished, madame."

True to the precepts handed down to her by her mother and grandmother — to wit: that a true lady can neither be shocked nor surprised — Miss Marple merely raised her eyebrows and shook her head,

Two people rarely see the same thing.

Why shouldn't I hate her? She did the worst thing to me that anyone can do to anyone else. Let them believe that they're loved and wanted and then show them that it's all a sham.

"قال جراهام بطريقة جافة:" لا يكون الناس الذين يتحدثون عن الانتحار هم الذين يقدمون عليه بالفعل، فهم يجذبون الأنظار ويبالغون، وبهذا يزيحون عن كاهلهم الكثير مما يؤلمهم وبالتالي تبتعد الفكرة عن رؤوسهم

No sign, so far, of anything sinister — but I live in hope.

One of the luckiest things that can happen to you in life is to have a happy childhood. I had a very happy childhood. I had a home and a garden that I loved; a wise and patient Nanny; as father and mother two people who loved each other dearly and made a success of their marriage and of parenthood. Looking back I feel that our house was truly a happy house. That was largely due to my father, for my father was a very agreeable man.