Agatha Christie

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

"The quality of agreeableness Is not much stressed nowadays. People tend to ask if a man is clever, industrious, if he contributes to the well-being of the community, if he ‘counts’ in the scheme of th…"

"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…"

"“Tout de même,” said Poirot, “since I cannot find anything, eh bien, then the logic falls out of the window."

"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."

"You have an excellent heart, my friend — but your grey cells are in a deplorable condition."

"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."