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Quote by Agatha Christie

“Life itself is an unsolved mystery", said the clergyman gravely.”

Book:The Tuesday Night Club: A Miss Marple Short Story

Work

The Tuesday Night Club: A Miss Marple Short Story

This collection includes a single short story that showcases the detective skills of Miss Marple, as she solves a mystery within the confines of a private club gathering. more

Author

Agatha Christie

Agatha Christie, a renowned British detective novel writer, is known as the Queen of Detective Fiction. She was born on September 15, 1890, and passed away on January 12, 1976. Christie's works are characterized by intricate plots, unique reasoning, and vivid characters, and have had a profound impact on detective fiction worldwide. more

“If any person wants to see clearly just how much she has changed - whether for better or worse - let her revisit after some lapse of time any place where she has ones lived. She will meet her former self at every turn, with every familiar face, in every old recollection ... She will see how much she has gained in some respects, how much she has lost - irretrievably lost - in others.”

Ifs Want Persons Self Faces Turns Lost Changed Familiar Former Recollection Lapses Familiar Faces

Author:Lucy Maud Montgomery

“You have to give everyone ugly motives for everything they do, because ugly motives are all you understand.”

Giving Ugly Motive

Book:City of Ashes

Source: City of Ashes

“I have no consistency, except in politics; and that probably arises from my indifference to the subject altogether.”

Political Politics Subjects Arise Indifference Consistency

Book:Delphi Complete Works of Lord Byron (Illustrated)

Source: Delphi Complete Works of Lord Byron (Illustrated)

“A journey is a gesture inscribed in space, it vanishes even as it's made. You go from one place to another place, and on to somewhere else again, and already behind you there is no trace that you were ever there.”