“A mother’s love for her child is like nothing else in the world. It knows no law, no pity, it dates all things and crushes down remorselessly all that stands in its path.” – The Hound of Death
“The happy people are failures because they are on such good terms with themselves they don’t give a damn.” – An Autobiography
“Instinct is a marvelous thing. It can neither be explained nor ignored.” – The Mysterious Affair at Styles
Agatha Christie Quotes :
“The impossible could not have happened, therefore the impossible must be possible in spite of appearances.” – Murder on the Orient Express
“The secret of getting ahead is getting started.” – An Autobiography
“I like living. I have sometimes been wildly, despairingly, acutely miserable, racked with sorrow, but through it all I still know quite certainly that just to be alive is a grand thing.” – An Autobiography
“Curious things, habits. People themselves never knew they had them.” – Murder at the Vicarage
“Words, madmoiselle, are only the outer clothing of ideas.” – Murder in Mesopotamia
“The impossible cannot have happened, therefore the impossible must be possible in spite of appearances.” – The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
“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.” – An Autobiography
“Very few of us are what we seem.” – The Man in the Brown Suit
“There’s too much tendency to attribute to God the evils that man does of his own free will.” – Murder in Mesopotamia
“One is left with the horrible feeling now that war settles nothing; that to win a war is as disastrous as to lose one.” – An Autobiography
“The young people think the old people are fools, but the old people know the young people are fools!” – Murder at the Vicarage
“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.” – Murder in Mesopotamia
“There is nothing more thrilling in this world, I think, than having a child that is yours, and yet is mysteriously a stranger.” – The Man in the Brown Suit
“The best time for planning a book is while you’re doing the dishes.” – An Autobiography
“The impossible could not have happened, therefore the impossible must be possible in spite of appearances.” – Murder on the Orient Express
“It is a curious thought, but it is only when you see people looking ridiculous that you realize just how much you love them.” – The ABC Murders