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Writing is a great comfort to people like me, who are unsure of themselves and have trouble expressing themselves properly.

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Agatha Christie
Age: 85 †
Born: 1890
Born: September 15
Died: 1976
Died: January 12
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Agatha Mary Clarissa Christie
Agatha Mary Clarissa Miller
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Agatha Mary Clarissa Mallowan
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With method and logic one can accomplish anything.
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... nothing is so boring as devotion.
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Of course I despise money when I haven't got any. It's the only dignified thing to do.
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Sitting here with one's knitting, one just sees the facts. -The Blood-Stained Pavement
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Where large sums of money are concerned, it is advisable to trust nobody.
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Look here, I said, people like to collect disasters.
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Everything must be taken into account. If the fact will not fit the theory---let the theory go.
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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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I have always admired the Esquimaux (Eskimos). One fine day a delicious meal is cooked for dear old mother, and then she goes walking away over the ice, and doesn't come back.
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if you ask me, nobody really likes people who are always doing their duty.
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Time does not dispose of a question - it only presents it anew in a different guise.
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