Source: The Murder on the Links
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Famous Agatha Christie Quotes
“The two words expressed volumes.”
Source: Five Little Pigs
“He laughed, and the sound of his laugh hurt Katherine.”
Source: The Mystery of the Blue Train
“Ugly as sin, but she makes herself felt. You agree?”
Source: Murder on the Orient Express
Source: Mrs. McGinty's Dead
Source: Death on the Nile
“You console me a little, but only a little,’ said Poirot.”
Source: Murder on the Orient Express
Source: The Murder on the Links
“Use your eyes. Use your ears. Use your brains---if you've got any. And, if necessary--act.”
Source: Death on the Nile
Source: Five Little Pigs
Source: The Mystery of the Blue Train
“What you do not understand is that there are things that cannot be bought.”
Source: Five Little Pigs
Source: The Big Four
“Ah, but my dear sir, the why must never be obvious. That is the whole point.”
Source: Five Little Pigs
“It takes more than a printed notice to keep you from reality. . . . We've only one life to live.”
Source: Five Little Pigs
Source: 5 Complete Novels of Murder and Detection
“If you are to be Hercule Poirot, you must think of everything.”
“I do not argue with obstinate men. I act in spite of them.”
Source: Murderers abroad: five complete novels
Source: Agatha Christie: Five Complete Murder Mysteries
“The truth, however ugly in itself, is always curious and beautiful to seekers after it.”
Source: Masterpieces of murder
Source: Hercule Poirot's Christmas
Source: Hercule Poirot's Christmas
“My remarks are, as always, apt, sound, and to the point. (Hercule Poirot)”
Source: Hercule Poirot's casebook
Source: Sad cypress
Source: Murder on board: including The mystery of the Blue Train, What Mrs. McGillicuddy saw! [and] Death in the air
“The best time to plan a book is while you're doing the dishes.”
“Every murderer is probably somebody's old friend.”
Source: Annotated The Mysterious Affairs at Styles with English Grammar Exercises: by Agatha Christie (Author), Robert Powell (Editor)
Source: An autobiography
Source: Agatha Christie: An Autobiography
Source: Hallowe'en party