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Plots come to me at such odd moments, when I am walking along the street, or examining a hat shop… suddenly a splendid idea comes into my head.
Agatha Christie
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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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a great man always knows better than to explain unless an explanation is demanded. To rush into explanations and excuses is always a sign of weakness.
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It's very inconvenient to be loved. Nearly everyone has found that out, sooner or later. The fewer people who love you the less you will have to suffer.
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But surely for everything you love you have to pay some price.
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Crime is terribly revealing. Try and vary your methods as you will, your tastes, your habits, your attitude of mind, and your soul is revealed by your actions.
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The heart of a woman who loves will forgive many blows.
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lawyers never go to law, do they? They know better.
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It is completely unimportant. That is why it is so interesting.
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You'll be glad too, when the end comes.
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When you find that people are not telling you the truth---look out!
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It's like all those quiet people, when they do lose their tempers they lose them with a vengeance.
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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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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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Poirot said placidly, “One does not, you know, employ merely the muscles. I do not need to bend and measure the footprints and pick up the cigarette ends and examine the bent blades of grass. It is enough for me to sit back in my chair and think. It is this – ” he tapped his egg-shaped head – “this, that functions!
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As you yourself have said, what other explanation can there be?' Poirot stared straight ahead of him. 'That is what I ask myself,' he said. 'That is what I never cease to ask myself.
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The human face is, after all, nothing more nor less than a mask.
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Everyone is a potential murderer-in everyone there arises from time to time thewish to kill-though not the will to kill.
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I've got an uncle myself. Nobody should be held responsible for their uncles. Nature's little throwbacks - that's how I look at it.
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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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It's a mystery to me how anyone ever gets any nourishment in this place. They must eat their meals standing up by the window so as to be sure of not missing anything.
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Hate doesn't last. Love does.
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