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It was abominable - wicked. The good God should not allow such things. We are not so wicked as that in Germany. (Agatha Christie)
The happiness of one man and one woman is the greatest thing in all the world. View quote
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It really is very dangerous to believe people. I never have for years. View quote
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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. View quote
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Everyone is a potential murderer-in everyone there arises from time to time theto kill-though not theto kill. View quote
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No, my friend, I am not drunk. I have just been to the dentist, and need not return for another six months! Is it not the most beautiful thought? --Poirot. View quote
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Hercule Poirot: I am an imbecile. I see only half of the picture. Miss Lemon: I don't even see that. View quote
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What good is money if it can't buy happiness? View quote
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Difficulties are made to be overcome ~ Miss Felicity Lemon, Agatha Christie's Poirot: The Plymouth Express. View quote
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Never do I deceive you, Hastings. I only permit you to deceive yourself. View quote
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I like to see an angry Englishman,” said Poirot. "They are very amusing. The more emotional they feel the less command they have of language. (Agatha Christie)
I'm not often bored,' I assured her. "Life's not long enough for that. View quote
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Work, Mr. Burton. There's nothing like work, for men and women. The one unforgivable sin is idleness. View quote
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Plymouth, Gwenda thought, as she moved forward obediently in the queu for Passports and Customs, was probably not the best of England. View quote
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The English are very stupid,” said Poirot. "They think that they can deceive anyone but that no one can deceive them. View quote
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A dog,” said Mr. Baldock, in his lecture-room style, which was capable of rousing almost anybody to violent irritation, "has an extraordinary power of bolstering up the human ego. View quote
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It all came together then, you see - all the various isolated bits - and made a coherent pattern. View quote
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Freckles are so earnest and Scottish. View quote
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But to succeed in life every detail should be arranged well beforehand. View quote
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The character of the victim has always something to do with his or her murder. View quote
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Yes, he is intelligent. But we must be more intelligent. We must be so intelligent that he does not suspect us of being intelligent at all. (Agatha Christie)
Poirot twinkled at her gently. View quote
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She broke off, unable to find words to frame her struggling thoughts. What life would be with Hori, she did not know. In spite of his gentleness, in spite of his love for her, he would remain in some respects incalculable and incomprehensible. They would share moments of great beauty and richness together - but what of their common daily life? View quote
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Quite absurd, because Caleb has absolutely no taste for fornication. He never has had. So lucky, being a clergyman. View quote
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I am not very clever about Americanisms - and I understand they change very quickly. View quote
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