Agatha Christie Quotes, Essence Quotes, Trying Quotes

I learned ... that one can never go back, that one should not ever try to go back - that the essence of life is going forward. Life is really a one way street, isn't it?

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Truth, however bitter, can be accepted, and woven into a design for living.

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

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No innocent person ever has an alibi.

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Beastly things, teeth. Give us trouble from the cradle to the grave.

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I married an archeologist because the older I grow, the more he appreciates me.

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To care passionately for another human creature brings always more sorrow than joy; but at the same time, Elinor, one would not be without experience. Anyone who has never really loved has never really lived.

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The out-of-date returns in due course as the picturesque.

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There's too much tendency to attribute to God the evils that man does of his own free will.

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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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That was what, ultimately, war did to you. It was not the physical dangers--the mines at sea, the bombs from the air, the crisp ping of a rifle bullet as you drove over a desert track. No, it was the spiritual danger of learning how much easier life was if you ceased to think.

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It's very inconvenient to be loved. Nearly everyone has found that out, sooner or later. The fewer people who love you the less you will have to suffer.

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If anyone is really determined to lend you a book, you never can get out of it!

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And, of course, afterwards -- one always hears these things afterwards, so much better if one heard them before -- we found out that dozens of empty brandy bottles were taken out of the house every week!

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Do you believe in the value of truth, my dear, or don’t you?” “Of course I believe in the truth,” said Rhoda, staring. “Yes, you say that, but perhaps you haven’t thought about it. The truth hurts sometimes – and destroys one’s illusions.” “I’d rather have it all the same.” said Rhoda. “So would I. But I don’t know that we’re wise.” Mrs. Oliver; Rhoda Dawes

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Life itself is an unsolved mystery", said the clergyman gravely.

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Time does not dispose of a question - it only presents it anew in a different guise.

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Too much mercy... often resulted in further crimes which were fatal to innocent victims who need not have been victims if justice had been put first and mercy second.

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Bottled, was he?" Said Colonel Bantry, with an Englishman's sympathy for alcoholic excess. "Oh, well, can't judge a fellow by what he does when he's drunk? When I was at Cambridge, I remember I put a certain utensil - well - well, nevermind.

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An ugly voice repels me where an ugly face would not.

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