Agatha Christie

"Any medical man who predicts exactly when a patient will die, or exactly how long he will live, is bound to make a fool of himself. The human factor is always incalculable. The weak have often unexpec…"

"Life seems to me to consist of three parts: the absorbing and usually enjoyable present which rushes on from minute to minute with fatal speed; the future, dim and uncertain, for which one can make an…"

"Even the sensible and the competent have been given tongues by le bon Dieu — and they do not always employ their tongues wisely."

"Weak and kindly people are often very treacherous. And if they’ve got a grudge against life it saps the little moral strength that they may posses."

"Let us think only of the good days that are to come."

"She broke off, unable to find words to frame her struggling thoughts. What life would be with Hori, she did not know. In spite of his gentleness, in spite of his love for her, he would remain in some …"

"I have made my choice, Hori. I will share my life with you for good or evil, until death comes..." With his arms round her, with the sudden new sweetness of his face against hers, she was filled with …"

"It was the technique of a man who selected thoughts as one might select pieces of a jigsaw puzzle. In due course they would be reassembled together so as to make a clear and coherent picture. At the m…"