Agatha Christie on Life
Browse 9 quotations attributed to Agatha Christie, catalogued under life, with dates where available.
This page displays 9 quotations attributed to Agatha Christie and filed under "life" in QuoteLineage. The selection is ordered by stored importance and quality scores, not citation counts. A topic label describes how an entry is catalogued; it does not establish the theme's importance in the author's work.
Attributed to Agatha Christie, entry #33875: "Even the sensible and the competent have been given tongues by le bon Dieu — and they do not always employ their tongues wisely."
Attributed to Agatha Christie, entry #181886: "Who is there who has not felt a sudden startled pang at reliving an old experience or feeling an old emotion?"
9 Quotes by Agatha Christie on Life
"Even the sensible and the competent have been given tongues by le bon Dieu — and they do not always employ their tongues wisely."
"Who is there who has not felt a sudden startled pang at reliving an old experience or feeling an old emotion?"
"Plymouth, Gwenda thought, as she moved forward obediently in the queu for Passports and Customs, was probably not the best of England."
"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."
"But to succeed in life every detail should be arranged well beforehand."
"Eh bien, Mademoiselle, all through my life I have observed one thing — 'All one wants one gets!' Who knows?" His face screwed itself up comically. "You may get more than you bargain for."
"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 an exultant richness of living."
"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 unexpected powers of resistance, the strong sometimes succumb."
"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 respects incalculable and incomprehensible. They would share moments of great beauty and richness together - but what of their common daily life?"