Quotes by Agatha Christie

About Agatha Christie:

Dame Agatha Mary Clarissa Christie is best known for the 66 detective novels and 14 short story collections that she wrote under her own name, most of which revolve around the investigative work of such characters as Hercule Poirot, Jane Marple, Parker Pyne, Harley Quin/Mr Satterthwaite and Tommy and Tuppence Beresford. She also wrote the world's longest-running play, The Mousetrap. In 1971 she was made a Dame for her contribution to literature.
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To rush into explanations is always a sign of weakness.

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Oh! Do not excite yourself. Shall I say that he interested me because he was trying to grow a mustache and as yet the result is poor." Poirot stroked his own magnificent mustache tenderly. "It is an art," he murmured, "the growing of the mustache! I ...

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What a queer topsy turvy world it was. It used to be the man who went to the wars, the woman who stayed at home. But here the positions were reversed.

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Eh bien, then, you are crazy, or appear crazy or you think you are crazy, and possibly you may be crazy.

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... Hate isn't creative." - Dr. Stillinglfeet, Pg. 247

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Where there is murder, anything can happen.

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Where there is murder, anything can happen." - Poirot, Pg. 52

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No, my friend, I am not drunk. I have just been to the dentist, and need not return for another six months! Is it not the most beautiful thought? --Poirot

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You do think you know about everything," said her husband. I do," said Tuppence.

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I suppose without curiosity a man would be a tortoise. Very comfortable life, a tortoise has. Goes to sleep all winter and doesn't eat anything more than grass as far as I know, to live all the summer. Not an interesting life perhaps, but a very peac...

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You don't appreciate a faithful husband when you've got one,' said Tommy. 'All my friends tell me you never know with husbands,' said Tuppance. 'You have the wrong kind of friends,' said Tommy.

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Evil never goes unpunished, Monsieur. But the punishment is sometimes secret.

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

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I always think loyalty's such a tiresome virtue.

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Toată lumea se așteaptă ca educația să fie un drept fundamental și nu pun mare preț pe ea când o primesc!

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One little Indian left all alone, he went out and hanged himself and then there were none.

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When a man's neck's in danger, he doesn't stop to think too much about sentiment.

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In the midst of life, we are in death.

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When the sea goes down, there will come from the mainland boats and men. And they will find ten dead bodies and an unsolved problem on Indian Island.

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That's peace-real peace. To come to the end-not to have to go on. . . . Yes, peace. . . .

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That's peace - real peace. To come to the end - not to have to go on... Yes, peace.

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Author Bio

  • NameAgatha Christie
  • DescriptionEnglish mystery and detective writer
  • AliasesAgatha Mary Clarissa Christie
  • BornSeptember 15, 1890
  • DiedJanuary 12, 1976
  • CountryUnited Kingdom
  • ProfessionPlaywright; Nurse; Writer; Novelist
  • WorksHercule Poirot; Murder In Mesopotamia; Murder In The Mews
  • AwardsDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire