Agatha Christie Quotes - Page 6

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• The human mind prefers to be spoon-fed with the thoughts of others, but deprived of such nourishment it will, reluctantly, begin to think for itself - and such thinking, remember, is original thinking and may have valuable results.

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  Thinking, Mind, May

  AGATHA CHRISTIE (1980). “MISS MARPLE MEETS MURDER”

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• To count - really and truly to count - a woman must have goodness or brains.

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  Brain, Goodness

  Agatha Christie (1986). “5 Complete Novels of Murder and Detection”, Wings

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• Don't think. That is the wrong way to bring anything back. Let it go. Sooner or later it will flash into your mind.

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  Thinking, Mind, Let It Go

  Agatha Christie (1985). “Funerals are Fatal”

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• The truth often does sound unconvincing.

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  Sound, Doe

  Agatha Christie (1959). “Murder at the manor: The Seven dials mystery, Crooked House, Ordeal by innocence”

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• Be sure thy sin will find thee out.

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  Sin, Thee

  Agatha Christie (1986). “5 Complete Novels of Murder and Detection”, Wings

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• I have enjoyed greatly the second blooming... suddenly you find - at the age of 50, say - that a whole new life has opened before you.

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  Turning 50, Inspirational Birthday, 50th Birthday

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• What they need is a little immorality in their lives. Then they wouldn't be so busy looking for it in other people's.

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  People, Littles, Needs

  Agatha Christie (2010). “Miss Marple 3-Book Collection 1: The Murder at the Vicarage, The Body in the Library, The Moving Finger”, p.31, HarperCollins UK

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• Money ... is always the great clue to what is happening in the world.

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  World, Clue, Happenings

  Agatha Christie (1951). “Dame Agatha abroad”

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• It is the brain, the little gray cells on which one must rely. One must seek the truth within--not without." ~ Poirot

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  Cells, Brain, Littles

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• ... there are many to whom money has no personal appeal, but who can be tempted by the power it confers.

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  Appeals, Tempted

  Agatha Christie (2003*). “Murder at the manor”

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• One knows so little. When one knows more it is too late.

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  Too Late, Littles, Late

  AGATHA CHRISTIE (1934). “MURDER IN THREE ACTS”

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• God bless my soul, woman, the more personal you are the better! This is a story of human beings - not dummies! Be personal - be prejudiced - be catty - be anything you please! Write the thing your own way. We can always prune out the bits that are libellous afterwards!

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  Writing, Soul, Stories

  Agatha Christie (1960). “Dame Agatha abroad”

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• Men don't understand how their mannerisms can get on women's nerves so that you feel you just have to snap.

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  Men, Nerves, Feels

  Agatha Christie (1989). “Murderers abroad: five complete novels”, Outlet

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• A mother's love for her child is like nothing else in the world.

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  Mothers Day, Mom, Daughter

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• 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.

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  Imagination, Too Much, Elegance

  Agatha Christie (2009). “The Mysterious Affair at Styles: Easyread Comfort Edition”, p.130, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• But I know human nature, my friend, and I tell you that, suddenly confronted with the possibility of being tried for murder, the most innocent person will lose his head and do the most absurd things.

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  Innocent Person, Murder, Human Nature

  Agatha Christie (1974). “Murder in the Calais Coach”, Simon & Schuster of Canada, 1940

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• It is ridiculous to set a detective story in New York City. New York City is itself a detective story.

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  New York, Writing, Cities

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I always think loyalty's such a tiresome virtue.

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  Loyalty, Thinking, Virtue

  Agatha Christie (2010). “Peril at End House (Poirot)”, p.24, HarperCollins UK

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• The simplest explanation is always the most likely.

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  Explanation, Simplest

  Agatha Christie “Annotated The Mysterious Affairs at Styles with English Grammar Exercises: by Agatha Christie (Author), Robert Powell (Editor)”, Powell Publications, LLC

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• That is why most great love stories are tragedies.

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  Great Love, Tragedy, Stories

  Agatha Christie (2004). “Poirot in the Orient”, Berkley Publishing Group

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• There was a moment when I changed from an amateur to a professional. I assumed the burden of a profession, which is to write even when you don't want to, don't much like what you're writing, and aren't writing particularly well

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  Work, Writing, Commitment

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• I do not argue with obstinate men. I act in spite of them.

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  Men, Arguing, Spite

  Agatha Christie (1989). “Murderers abroad: five complete novels”, Outlet

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• lawyers never go to law, do they? They know better.

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  Law, Lawyer, Knows

  Agatha Christie (1986). “Agatha Christie: five complete novels of murder and detection”, Random House Value Publishing

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• I can think of nothing more soul destroying in life than to persist in trying to do a thing you want desperately to do well, and to know that you are at the best second rate.

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  Happiness, Success, Thinking

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• The heart of a woman who loves will forgive many blows.

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  Heart, Blow, Forgiving

  Agatha Christie (1985). “Murder on the links”

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