Top 15 Agatha Christie Quotes

I like living. I have sometimes been wildly, despairingly, acutely miserable, racked with sorrow; but through it all I still know quite certainly that just to be alive is a grand thing.

It is a curious thought, but it is only when you see people looking ridiculous that you realize just how much you love them.

Very few of us are what we seem.

The impossible could not have happened, therefore the impossible must be possible in spite of appearances.

"Poirot," I said. "I have been thinking."
"An admirable exercise my friend. Continue it."

A mother's love for her child is like nothing else in the world. It knows no law, no pity. It dares all things and crushes down remorselessly all that stands in its path.

-The Last Seance (from The Hound of Death and Other Stories, also Double Sin and Other Stories)

An archaeologist is the best husband a woman can have. The older she gets, the more interested he is in her.

Ten little Indian boys went out to dine; One choked his little self and then there were nine.
Nine little Indian boys sat up very late; One overslept himself and then there were eight.
Eight little Indian boys travelling in Devon; One said he'd stay there and then there were seven.
Seven little Indian boys chopping up sticks; One chopped himself in halves and then there were six.
Six little Indian boys playing with a hive; A bumblebee stung one and then there were five.
Five little Indian boys going in for law; One got in Chancery and then there were four.
Four little Indian boys going out to sea; A red herring swallowed one and then there were three.
Three little Indian boys walking in the Zoo; A big bear hugged one and then there were two.
Two little Indian boys sitting in the sun; One got frizzled up and then there was one.
One little Indian boy left all alone; He went and hanged himself and then there were none.

Instinct is a marvelous thing. It can neither be explained nor ignored.

If you place your head in a lion's mouth, then you cannot complain one day if he happens to bite it off.

"Everybody said, "Follow your heart". I did, it got broken"

You gave too much rein to your imagination. Imagination is a good servant, and a bad master. The simplest explanation is always the most likely.

The best time for planning a book is while you're doing the dishes.

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

Never do anything yourself that others can do for you.