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Agatha Christie, the “Queen of Mystery,” captivated the world with her ingenious plots and unforgettable characters. Her quotes reflect her keen understanding of human behavior, curiosity, and the subtle complexities of life. Together, they offer wit, wisdom, and inspiration for both aspiring writers and lovers of storytelling.

To every problem, there is a most simple solution.
From The Clocks
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People who do not feel amiable are putting great pressure on themselves to be amiable! There is at Christmas a great deal of hypocrisy, honourable hypocrisy, hypocrisy undertaken pour le bon motif, c'est entendu, but nevertheless hypocrisy!
From Hercule Poirot's Christmas
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When you're in the middle of a nightmare, something ordinary is the only hope. Anyway, ordinary things are the best. I've always thought so.
From Sad Cypress
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Death was for-the other people.
From And Then There Were None
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No one human being knows the full truth about another human being. Not even one's nearest and dearest.
From Murder Is Easy
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It's what's in yourself that makes you happy or unhappy.
From A Murder Is Announced
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People with a grudge against the world are always dangerous. They seem to think life owes them something. I've known many an invalid who has suffered worse and been cut off from life much more . . . and they've managed to lead happy contented lives. It's what's in yourself that makes you happy or unhappy.
From A Murder Is Announced
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That's peace - real peace. To come to the end - not to have to go on... Yes, peace.
From And Then There Were None
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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.
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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.
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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
From One, Two, Buckle My Shoe
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Where do one's fears come from? Where do they shape themselves? Where do they hide before coming out into the open?
From The Moving Finger
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And yet," said Poirot, "suppose an accident-"
"Ah, no, my friend-"
"From your point of view it would be regrettable, I agree. But nevertheless let us just for one moment suppose it. Then, perhaps, all these here are linked together - by death.
From Murder on the Orient Express
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One always has hope for human nature
From Sleeping Murder
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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.
From The A.B.C. Murders
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The truth is, that one doesn't really know anything about anybody. Not even the people who are nearest to you...'
'Isn't that going a little too far--exaggerating too much?'
'I don't think it is. When you think of people, it is in the image you have made of them for yourself.
From A Caribbean Mystery
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Poirot," I said. "I have been thinking."
"An admirable exercise my friend. Continue it.
From Peril at End House
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In the midst of life, we are in death.
From And Then There Were None
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To every problem, there is a most simple solution.
From The Clocks
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People who do not feel amiable are putting great pressure on themselves to be amiable! There is at Christmas a great deal of hypocrisy, honourable hypocrisy, hypocrisy undertaken pour le bon motif, c'est entendu, but nevertheless hypocrisy!
From Hercule Poirot's Christmas
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When you're in the middle of a nightmare, something ordinary is the only hope. Anyway, ordinary things are the best. I've always thought so.
From Sad Cypress
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Death was for-the other people.
From And Then There Were None
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No one human being knows the full truth about another human being. Not even one's nearest and dearest.
From Murder Is Easy
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It's what's in yourself that makes you happy or unhappy.
From A Murder Is Announced
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People with a grudge against the world are always dangerous. They seem to think life owes them something. I've known many an invalid who has suffered worse and been cut off from life much more . . . and they've managed to lead happy contented lives. It's what's in yourself that makes you happy or unhappy.
From A Murder Is Announced
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That's peace - real peace. To come to the end - not to have to go on... Yes, peace.
From And Then There Were None
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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.
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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.
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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
From One, Two, Buckle My Shoe
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Where do one's fears come from? Where do they shape themselves? Where do they hide before coming out into the open?
From The Moving Finger
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And yet," said Poirot, "suppose an accident-"
"Ah, no, my friend-"
"From your point of view it would be regrettable, I agree. But nevertheless let us just for one moment suppose it. Then, perhaps, all these here are linked together - by death.
From Murder on the Orient Express
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One always has hope for human nature
From Sleeping Murder
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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.
From The A.B.C. Murders
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The truth is, that one doesn't really know anything about anybody. Not even the people who are nearest to you...'
'Isn't that going a little too far--exaggerating too much?'
'I don't think it is. When you think of people, it is in the image you have made of them for yourself.
From A Caribbean Mystery
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Poirot," I said. "I have been thinking."
"An admirable exercise my friend. Continue it.
From Peril at End House
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In the midst of life, we are in death.
From And Then There Were None
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To every problem, there is a most simple solution.
From The Clocks
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People who do not feel amiable are putting great pressure on themselves to be amiable! There is at Christmas a great deal of hypocrisy, honourable hypocrisy, hypocrisy undertaken pour le bon motif, c'est entendu, but nevertheless hypocrisy!
From Hercule Poirot's Christmas
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When you're in the middle of a nightmare, something ordinary is the only hope. Anyway, ordinary things are the best. I've always thought so.
From Sad Cypress
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Death was for-the other people.
From And Then There Were None
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No one human being knows the full truth about another human being. Not even one's nearest and dearest.
From Murder Is Easy
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It's what's in yourself that makes you happy or unhappy.
From A Murder Is Announced
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People with a grudge against the world are always dangerous. They seem to think life owes them something. I've known many an invalid who has suffered worse and been cut off from life much more . . . and they've managed to lead happy contented lives. It's what's in yourself that makes you happy or unhappy.
From A Murder Is Announced
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That's peace - real peace. To come to the end - not to have to go on... Yes, peace.
From And Then There Were None
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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.
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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.
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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
From One, Two, Buckle My Shoe
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Where do one's fears come from? Where do they shape themselves? Where do they hide before coming out into the open?
From The Moving Finger
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And yet," said Poirot, "suppose an accident-"
"Ah, no, my friend-"
"From your point of view it would be regrettable, I agree. But nevertheless let us just for one moment suppose it. Then, perhaps, all these here are linked together - by death.
From Murder on the Orient Express
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One always has hope for human nature
From Sleeping Murder
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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.
From The A.B.C. Murders
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The truth is, that one doesn't really know anything about anybody. Not even the people who are nearest to you...'
'Isn't that going a little too far--exaggerating too much?'
'I don't think it is. When you think of people, it is in the image you have made of them for yourself.
From A Caribbean Mystery
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Poirot," I said. "I have been thinking."
"An admirable exercise my friend. Continue it.
From Peril at End House
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In the midst of life, we are in death.
From And Then There Were None
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