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I don't think necessity is the mother of invention. Invention, in my opinion, arises directly from idleness, possibly also from laziness - to save oneself trouble.

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Time is the best killer.

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Plots come to me at such odd moments, when I am walking along the street, or examining a hat shop… suddenly a splendid idea comes into my head.

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To every problem, there is a most simple solution.

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My remarks are, as always, apt, sound, and to the point. (Hercule Poirot)

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The lure of the past came up to grab me. To see a dagger slowly appearing, with its gold glint, through the sand was romantic. The carefulness of lifting pots and objects from the soil filled me with a longing to be an archaeologist myself.

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Many friends have said to me, 'I never know when you write your books, because I've never seen you writing, or even seen you go away to write.' I must behave rather as dogs do when they retire with a bone; they depart in a secretive manner and you do not see them again for an odd half hour. They return self-consciously with mud on their noses. I do much the same.

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The point is that one's got an instinct to live. One doesn't live because one's reason assents to living. People who, as we say, 'would be better dead' don't want to die! People who apparently have everything to live for just let themselves fade out of life because they haven't got the energy to fight.

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You agree - I'm sure you agree that beauty is the only thing worth living for.

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There is no greater mistake in life than seeing things or hearing them at the wrong time.

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In my end is my beginning - that's what people are always saying. But what does it mean?

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I was thinking, that when my time comes, I should be sorry if the only plea I had to offer was that of justice. Because it might mean that only justice would be meted out to me.

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You know, Emily was a selfish old woman in her way. She was very generous, but she always wanted a return. She never let people forget what she had done for them - and, that way she missed love.

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I never can stand seeing people pleased with themselves,” said Joanna. “It arouses all my worst instincts.

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Everybody is very much alike, really. But fortunately, perhaps, they don't realise it. - Miss Marple

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Wonderful things, horses. Never know what they will do, or won't do.

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If you are to be Hercule Poirot, you must think of everything.

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Intuition is like reading a word without having to spell it out. A child can't do that because it has had so little experience. A grown-up person knows the word because they've seen it often before.

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a great man always knows better than to explain unless an explanation is demanded. To rush into explanations and excuses is always a sign of weakness.

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too much safety is abhorrent to the nature of a human being.

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