Agatha Christie Quotes, Defence Quotes, Reproach Quotes

There is no question of defence. I have always acted in accordance with the dictates of my conscience. I have nothing with which to reproach myself.

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There are some people who don't conform to the signals. An ordinary well-regulated locomotive slows down or pulls up when it sees the red light hoisted against it. Perhaps I was born color blind. When I see the red signal -- I can't help forging ahead. And in the end, you know, that spells disaster.

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I have enjoyed greatly the second blooming... suddenly you find - at the age of 50, say - that a whole new life has opened before you.

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Oh, I'm not afraid of death! What have I got to live for after all? I suppose you believe it's very wrong to kill a person who has injured you-even if they've taken away everything you had in the world?

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I would like it to be said that I was a good writer of detective and thriller stories.

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I'm going to marry him. And if he thinks he can get divorced and married every two or three years in the approved Hollywood fashion, well, he never made a bigger mistake in his life. He's going to marry and stick to me.

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There is something about conscious tact that is very irritating.

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... evil was, perhaps, necessarily always more impressive than good.

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Nobody believes in magicians any more, nobody believes that anyone can come along and wave a wand and turn you into a frog. But if you read in the paper that by injecting certain glands scientists can alter your vital tissues and you'll develop froglike characteristics, well, everybody would believe that.

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I'm sure you have a theme: the theme of your life. You can embellish it or desecrate it, but it's your theme, and as long as you follow it, you will experience harmony and peace of mind.

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The bereaved had never any doubt about their dear ones' wishes and those wishes usually squared with their own inclinations.

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Our weapon is our knowledge. But remember, it may be a knowledge we may not know that we possess.

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One of the luckiest things that can happen to you in life is, I think, to have a happy childhood.

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a lot of trouble has been caused by memoirs. Indiscreet revelations, that sort of thing. People who have been close as an oyster all their lives seem positively to relish causing trouble when they themselves shall be comfortably dead.

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I like to inquire into everything. Hercule Poirot is a good dog. The good dog follows the scent, and if, regrettably, there is no scent to follow, he noses around - seeking always something that is not very nice.

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The heart of a woman who loves will forgive many blows.

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lawyers never go to law, do they? They know better.

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... it's always interesting when one doesn't see. If you don't see what a thing means, you must be looking at it wrong way round.

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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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But no artist, I now realize, can be satisfied with art alone. There is a natural craving for recognition which cannot be gain-said.

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