Quotes by Agatha Christie

“When I was a ten-year-old book worm and used to kiss the dust jacket pictures of authors as if they were icons, it used to amaze me that these remote people could provoke me to love”

“If there is a soul, it is a mistake to believe that it is given to us fully created. It is created here, throughout a whole life. And living is nothing else but that long and painful bringing forth.”

“Conscience is what hurts when everything else feels so good”

“When a man wont listen to his conscience, its usually because he doesnt want advice from a total stranger”

“Evil is not something superhuman, its something less than human.”

It is a curious thought, but it is only when you see people looking ridiculous that you realize just how much you love them.

I like living. I have sometimes been wildly, despairingly, acutely miserable, racked with sorrow; but through it all I still know quite certainly that just to be alive is a grand thing.

To every problem, there is a most simple solution.

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

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

If you place your head in a lions mouth, then you cannot complain one day if he happens to bite it off.

Where do ones fears come from? Where do they shape themselves? Where do they hide before coming out into the open?

Do you believe in the value of truth, my dear, or don’t you?”“Of course I believe in the truth,” said Rhoda, staring.“Yes, you say that, but perhaps you haven’t thought about it. The truth hurts sometimes – and destroys one’s illusions.”“I’d rather have it all the same.” said Rhoda. “So would I. But I don’t know that we’re wise.”Mrs. Oliver; Rhoda Dawes

The truth must be quite plain, if one could just clear away the litter.

What good is money if it cant buy happiness?

One always has hope for human nature

We are ready to despair too soon, we are ready to say, ‘What’s the good of doing anything?’ Hope is the virtue we should cultivate most in this present day and age.

When youre in the middle of a nightmare, something ordinary is the only hope. Anyway, ordinary things are the best. Ive always thought so.

In the midst of life, we are in death.

Death, mademoiselle, unfortunately creates a prejudice. A prejudice in favour of the deceased. I heard what you said just now to my friend Hastings. ‘A nice bright girl with no men friends.’ You said that in mockery of the newspapers. And it is very true—when a young girl is dead, that is the kind of thing that is said. She was bright. She was happy. She was sweet-tempered. She had not a care in the world. She had no undesirable acquaintances. There is a great charity always to the dead. Do you know what I should like this minute? I should like to find someone who knew Elizabeth Barnard and who does not know she is dead! Then, perhaps, I should hear what is useful to me—the truth.