Then there are some minor points that strike me as suggestive - for instance, the position of Mrs. Hubbard's sponge bag, the name of Mrs. Armstrong's mother, the detective methods of Mr. Hardman, the suggestion of Mr. MacQueen that Ratchett himself destroyed the charred note we found, Princess Dragomiroff's Christian name, and a grease spot on a Hungarian passport.
Agatha ChristieIf you confront anyone who has lied with the truth, he will usually admit it - often out of sheer surprise. It is only necessary to guess right to produce your effect.
Agatha ChristieTag: cross-examination
I don't think necessity is the mother of invention. Invention . . . arises directly from idleness, possibly also from laziness. To save oneself trouble.
Agatha ChristieIn the midst of life, we are in death.
Agatha ChristieThere is too much tendency to attribute to God the evils that man does of his own free will. I must concede you the Devil. God doesn't really need to punish us, Miss Barton. We're so busy punishing ourselves.
Agatha ChristieI do not argue with obstinate men. I act in spite of them.
Agatha ChristieTag: poirot
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.
Agatha ChristieThe young people think the old people are fools -- but the old people know the young people are fools.
Agatha ChristieTag: fools
She was a lucky woman who had established a happy knack of writing what quite a lot of people wanted to read.
Agatha ChristiePoirot," I said. "I have been thinking."
"An admirable exercise my friend. Continue it.
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