99 Agatha Christie Quotes That Will Make You Introspect
Agatha Christie was a great writer who turned granny tales and social gossips into thrilling mysteries! With captivating works like "The Mysterious Affair at Styles", "The Mystery of the Blue Train" and "The Orient Express", Christie surfaced as the world's bestselling mystery authors of mid 90's. About a billion copies of her novels "Sad Cypress", "Murder at the Vicarage, "Partners in Crime" and the "Murder of Roger Ackroyd" were sold all over the world. Though murder mysteries were her forte, Christie was also noted for her romantic books and as a playwright. As a child, she loved creating characters, enacting scenes and enjoyed fantasy play. Perhaps that's why she grew up to be a vivid and talented author.
During World War I, Christie served as nurse for wounded soldiers. Following a rough divorce with his husband Archibald, she married Archaeology professor Mallowan and developed a love for travelling. During this time, she created detective duo Marple and Poirot that were leading protagonists of her tales, much like Holmes and Watson. In her entire life time, she wrote about 70 novels and fictions that earned him the title of "Queen of Mystery". She's undoubtedly the best creator of criminal stories that inspired an era of suspense thrillers in UK. She had the knack of saying the things which common people feel but never said aloud. We have crawled through her novels to compile a collection of intellectually-enhancing quotes. It is time to celebrate Agatha Christie’s life and work with these quotes…straight from the author’s mouth. Presenting a selection of most popular Agatha Christie’s quotes about mothers, life, infidelity, marriage, love, courage, fear, women, men and much more.
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.
It is a curious thought, but it is only when you see people looking ridiculous that you realize just how much you love them.
Very few of us are what we seem.
The impossible could not have happened, therefore the impossible must be possible in spite of appearances.
Poirot," I said. "I have been thinking." "An admirable exercise my friend. Continue it.
An archaeologist is the best husband a woman can have. The older she gets, the more interested he is in her.
If you place your head in a lion's mouth, then you cannot complain one day if he happens to bite it off.
The best time for planning a book is while you're doing the dishes.
One doesn't recognize the really important moments in one's life until it's too late.
Never do anything yourself that others can do for you.
Instinct is a marvelous thing. It can neither be explained nor ignored.
You gave too much rein to your imagination. Imagination is a good servant, and a bad master. The simplest explanation is always the most likely.
It is really a hard life. Men will not be nice to you if you are not good-looking, and women will not be nice to you if you are.
Never tell all you know—not even to the person you know best.
One of the saddest things in life, is the things one remembers.
Everybody said, "Follow your heart". I did, it got broken
But surely for everything you love you have to pay some price.
The young people think the old people are fools -- but the old people know the young people are fools.
Why shouldn't I hate her? She did the worst thing to me that anyone can do to anyone else. Let them believe that they're loved and wanted and then show them that it's all a sham.
Time is the best killer.
Good advice is always certain to be ignored, but that's no reason not to give it.
I know there's a proverb which that says 'To err is human,' but a human error is nothing to what a computer can do if it tries.
A man when he is making up to anybody can be cordial and gallant and full of little attentions and altogether charming. But when a man is really in love he can't help looking like a sheep.
I don't think necessity is the mother of invention. Invention . . . arises directly from idleness, possibly also from laziness. To save oneself trouble.
The truth, however ugly in itself, is always curious and beautiful to seekers after it.
To every problem, there is a most simple solution.
I do not argue with obstinate men. I act in spite of them.
Everything must be taken into account. If the fact will not fit the theory---let the theory go.
In the midst of life, we are in death.
Words, madmoiselle, are only the outer clothing of ideas.
