Men have the best of this world. I hope that it will not always be so. - Agatha Christie

those who have listened do not find it easy to talk; they keep their sorrows and joys to themselves and tell no one.

“There’s no reason why women shouldn’t behave like rational beings,” said Simon stolidly. Poirot said dryly: “Quite frequently they do. That is even more upsetting!”

I don't think I shall ever forget my first sight of Hercule Poirot. Of course, I got used to him later on, but to begin with it was a shock, and I think everyone else must have felt the same! I don't know what I'd imagined — something like Sherlock Holmes — [...] Of course, I knew he was a foreigner, but I hadn't expected him to be quite as foreign as he was, if you know what I mean. When you saw him you just wanted to laugh! He was like something on the stage or at the pictures. [...] He looked like a hairdresser in a comic play!