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99 Agatha Christie Quotes That Will Make You Introspect

Famous As: English Author Known for Her Detective Novels and Short Stories
Born On: September 15, 1890
Died On: January 12, 1976
Born In: Torquay, Devon, England
Died At Age: 85

Agatha Christie was a great writer who turned granny tales and social gossips into thrilling mysteries! With captivating works like "The Mysterious Affair at Styles", "The Mystery of the Blue Train" and "The Orient Express", Christie surfaced as the world's bestselling mystery authors of mid 90's. About a billion copies of her novels "Sad Cypress", "Murder at the Vicarage, "Partners in Crime" and the "Murder of Roger Ackroyd" were sold all over the world. Though murder mysteries were her forte, Christie was also noted for her romantic books and as a playwright. As a child, she loved creating characters, enacting scenes and enjoyed fantasy play. Perhaps that's why she grew up to be a vivid and talented author.

During World War I, Christie served as nurse for wounded soldiers. Following a rough divorce with his husband Archibald, she married Archaeology professor Mallowan and developed a love for travelling. During this time, she created detective duo Marple and Poirot that were leading protagonists of her tales, much like Holmes and Watson. In her entire life time, she wrote about 70 novels and fictions that earned him the title of "Queen of Mystery". She's undoubtedly the best creator of criminal stories that inspired an era of suspense thrillers in UK. She had the knack of saying the things which common people feel but never said aloud. We have crawled through her novels to compile a collection of intellectually-enhancing quotes. It is time to celebrate Agatha Christie’s life and work with these quotes…straight from the author’s mouth. Presenting a selection of most popular Agatha Christie’s quotes about mothers, life, infidelity, marriage, love, courage, fear, women, men and much more.

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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.

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.

Agatha Christie
It is a curious thought, but it is only when you see people looking ridiculous that you realize just how much you love them.

It is a curious thought, but it is only when you see people looking ridiculous that you realize just how much you love them.

Agatha Christie
Very few of us are what we seem.

Very few of us are what we seem.

Agatha Christie
The impossible could not have happened, therefore the impossible must be possible in spite of appearances.

The impossible could not have happened, therefore the impossible must be possible in spite of appearances.

Agatha Christie
Poirot,

Poirot," I said. "I have been thinking." "An admirable exercise my friend. Continue it.

Agatha Christie
An archaeologist is the best husband a woman can have. The older she gets, the more interested he is in her.

An archaeologist is the best husband a woman can have. The older she gets, the more interested he is in her.

Agatha Christie
If you place your head in a lion's mouth, then you cannot complain one day if he happens to bite it off.

If you place your head in a lion's mouth, then you cannot complain one day if he happens to bite it off.

Agatha Christie
The best time for planning a book is while you're doing the dishes.

The best time for planning a book is while you're doing the dishes.

Agatha Christie
One doesn't recognize the really important moments in one's life until it's too late.

One doesn't recognize the really important moments in one's life until it's too late.

Agatha Christie
Never do anything yourself that others can do for you.

Never do anything yourself that others can do for you.

Agatha Christie
Instinct is a marvelous thing. It can neither be explained nor ignored.

Instinct is a marvelous thing. It can neither be explained nor ignored.

Agatha Christie
You gave too much rein to your imagination. Imagination is a good servant, and a bad master. The simplest explanation is always the most likely.

You gave too much rein to your imagination. Imagination is a good servant, and a bad master. The simplest explanation is always the most likely.

Agatha Christie
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.

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.

Agatha Christie
Never tell all you know—not even to the person you know best.

Never tell all you know—not even to the person you know best.

Agatha Christie
One of the saddest things in life, is the things one remembers.

One of the saddest things in life, is the things one remembers.

Agatha Christie
Everybody said,

Everybody said, "Follow your heart". I did, it got broken

Agatha Christie
But surely for everything you love you have to pay some price.

But surely for everything you love you have to pay some price.

Agatha Christie
The young people think the old people are fools -- but the old people know the young people are fools.

The young people think the old people are fools -- but the old people know the young people are fools.

Agatha Christie
Why shouldn't I hate her? She did the worst thing to me that anyone can do to anyone else. Let them believe that they're loved and wanted and then show them that it's all a sham.

Why shouldn't I hate her? She did the worst thing to me that anyone can do to anyone else. Let them believe that they're loved and wanted and then show them that it's all a sham.

Agatha Christie
Time is the best killer.

Time is the best killer.

Agatha Christie
Good advice is always certain to be ignored, but that's no reason not to give it.

Good advice is always certain to be ignored, but that's no reason not to give it.

Agatha Christie
I know there's a proverb which that says 'To err is human,' but a human error is nothing to what a computer can do if it tries.

I know there's a proverb which that says 'To err is human,' but a human error is nothing to what a computer can do if it tries.

Agatha Christie
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.

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.

Agatha Christie
I don't think necessity is the mother of invention. Invention . . . arises directly from idleness, possibly also from laziness. To save oneself trouble.

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

Agatha Christie
The truth, however ugly in itself, is always curious and beautiful to seekers after it.

The truth, however ugly in itself, is always curious and beautiful to seekers after it.

Agatha Christie
To every problem, there is a most simple solution.

To every problem, there is a most simple solution.

Agatha Christie
I do not argue with obstinate men. I act in spite of them.

I do not argue with obstinate men. I act in spite of them.

Agatha Christie
Everything must be taken into account. If the fact will not fit the theory---let the theory go.

Everything must be taken into account. If the fact will not fit the theory---let the theory go.

Agatha Christie
In the midst of life, we are in death.

In the midst of life, we are in death.

Agatha Christie
Words, madmoiselle, are only the outer clothing of ideas.

Words, madmoiselle, are only the outer clothing of ideas.

Agatha Christie
Curious things, habits. People themselves never knew they had them. 

[Witness for the Prosecution, also published in The Hound of Death and Other Stories.]

Curious things, habits. People themselves never knew they had them. [Witness for the Prosecution, also published in The Hound of Death and Other Stories.]

Agatha Christie
I suppose it is because nearly all children go to school nowadays and have things arranged for them that they seem so forlornly unable to produce their own ideas.

I suppose it is because nearly all children go to school nowadays and have things arranged for them that they seem so forlornly unable to produce their own ideas.

Agatha Christie
Every murderer is probably somebody's old friend.

Every murderer is probably somebody's old friend.

Agatha Christie
One is left with the horrible feeling now that war settles nothing; that to win a war is as disastrous as to lose one.

One is left with the horrible feeling now that war settles nothing; that to win a war is as disastrous as to lose one.

Agatha Christie
Everybody always knows something,

Everybody always knows something," said Adam, "even if it's something they don't know they know.

Agatha Christie
Everyone is a potential murderer-in everyone there arises from time to time the wish to kill-though not the will to kill.

Everyone is a potential murderer-in everyone there arises from time to time the wish to kill-though not the will to kill.

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

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

Agatha Christie
It's like all those quiet people, when they do lose their tempers they lose them with a vengeance.

It's like all those quiet people, when they do lose their tempers they lose them with a vengeance.

Agatha Christie
An appreciative listener is always stimulating.

An appreciative listener is always stimulating.

Agatha Christie
It is completely unimportant. That is why it is so interesting.

It is completely unimportant. That is why it is so interesting.

Agatha Christie
As life goes on it becomes tiring to keep up the character you invented for yourself, and so you relapse into individuality and become more like yourself everyday.

As life goes on it becomes tiring to keep up the character you invented for yourself, and so you relapse into individuality and become more like yourself everyday.

Agatha Christie
The secret of getting ahead is getting started.

The secret of getting ahead is getting started.

Agatha Christie
When you find that people are not telling you the truth---look out!

When you find that people are not telling you the truth---look out!

Agatha Christie
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

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

Agatha Christie
Words are such uncertain things, they so often sound well but mean the opposite of what one thinks they do.

Words are such uncertain things, they so often sound well but mean the opposite of what one thinks they do.

Agatha Christie
One of the luckiest things that can happen to you in life is to have a happy childhood.

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

Agatha Christie
It is the brain, the little gray cells on which one must rely. One must seek the truth within--not without.

It is the brain, the little gray cells on which one must rely. One must seek the truth within--not without." ~ Poirot

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

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

Agatha Christie
To all those who lead monotonous lives in the hope that they may experience at second hand the delights and dangers of adventure.

[author's dedication]

To all those who lead monotonous lives in the hope that they may experience at second hand the delights and dangers of adventure. [author's dedication]

Agatha Christie
At my time of life, one knows that the worst is usually true.

At my time of life, one knows that the worst is usually true.

Agatha Christie
Hercule Poirot: I am an imbecile. I see only half of the picture. 
Miss Lemon: I don't even see that.

Hercule Poirot: I am an imbecile. I see only half of the picture. Miss Lemon: I don't even see that.

Agatha Christie
Many homicidal lunatics are very quiet, unassuming people. Delightful fellows.

Many homicidal lunatics are very quiet, unassuming people. Delightful fellows.

Agatha Christie
Dogs are wise. They crawl away into a quiet corner and lick their wounds and do not rejoin the world until they are whole once more.

Dogs are wise. They crawl away into a quiet corner and lick their wounds and do not rejoin the world until they are whole once more.

Agatha Christie
To rush into explanations is always a sign of weakness.

To rush into explanations is always a sign of weakness.

Agatha Christie
I always think loyalty's such a tiresome virtue.

I always think loyalty's such a tiresome virtue.

Agatha Christie
If you confront anyone who has lied with the truth, he will usually admit it - often out of sheer surprise. It is only necessary to guess right to produce your effect.

If you confront anyone who has lied with the truth, he will usually admit it - often out of sheer surprise. It is only necessary to guess right to produce your effect.

Agatha Christie
What good is money if it can't buy happiness?

What good is money if it can't buy happiness?

Agatha Christie
Sometimes I feel sure he is as mad as a hatter and then, just as he is at his maddest, I find there is a method in his madness.

Sometimes I feel sure he is as mad as a hatter and then, just as he is at his maddest, I find there is a method in his madness.

Agatha Christie
One little Indian left all alone, he went out and hanged himself and then there were none.

One little Indian left all alone, he went out and hanged himself and then there were none.

Agatha Christie
The happy people are failures because they are on such good terms with themselves they don't give a damn.

The happy people are failures because they are on such good terms with themselves they don't give a damn.

Agatha Christie
I often wonder why the whole world is so prone to generalise. Generalisations are seldom if ever true and are usually utterly inaccurate.

I often wonder why the whole world is so prone to generalise. Generalisations are seldom if ever true and are usually utterly inaccurate.

Agatha Christie
A woman who doesn't lie is a woman without imagination and without sympathy.

A woman who doesn't lie is a woman without imagination and without sympathy.

Agatha Christie
Tea! Bless ordinary everyday afternoon tea!

Tea! Bless ordinary everyday afternoon tea!

Agatha Christie
It had come about ex­act­ly in the way things hap­pened in books.

It had come about ex­act­ly in the way things hap­pened in books.

Agatha Christie
When engaged in eating, the brain should be the servant of the stomach.

When engaged in eating, the brain should be the servant of the stomach.

Agatha Christie
But I know human nature, my friend, and I tell you that, suddenly confronted with the possibility of being tried for murder, the most innocent person will lose his head and do the most absurd things.

But I know human nature, my friend, and I tell you that, suddenly confronted with the possibility of being tried for murder, the most innocent person will lose his head and do the most absurd things.

Agatha Christie
They tried to be too clever---and that was their undoing.

They tried to be too clever---and that was their undoing.

Agatha Christie
People should be interested in books, not their authors.

People should be interested in books, not their authors.

Agatha Christie
I don't know. I don't know at all. And that's what's frightening the life out of me. To have no idea....

I don't know. I don't know at all. And that's what's frightening the life out of me. To have no idea....

Agatha Christie
She was a lucky woman who had established a happy knack of writing what quite a lot of people wanted to read.

She was a lucky woman who had established a happy knack of writing what quite a lot of people wanted to read.

Agatha Christie
Crime is terribly revealing. Try and vary your methods as you will, your tastes, your habits, your attitude of mind, and your soul is revealed by your actions.

Crime is terribly revealing. Try and vary your methods as you will, your tastes, your habits, your attitude of mind, and your soul is revealed by your actions.

Agatha Christie
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.

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.

Agatha Christie
You should employ your little grey cells

You should employ your little grey cells

Agatha Christie
One of us in this very room is in fact the murderer.

One of us in this very room is in fact the murderer.

Agatha Christie
One of the oddest things in life, as we all know, is the way that when you have heard a thing mentioned, within twenty-four hours you nearly always come across it again.

One of the oddest things in life, as we all know, is the way that when you have heard a thing mentioned, within twenty-four hours you nearly always come across it again.

Agatha Christie
Elephants can remember, but we are human beings and mercifully human beings can forget.

Elephants can remember, but we are human beings and mercifully human beings can forget.

Agatha Christie
A great many men are mad, and no one knows it. They do not know it themselves

A great many men are mad, and no one knows it. They do not know it themselves

Agatha Christie
There is no detective in England equal to a spinster lady of uncertain age with plenty of time on her hands.

There is no detective in England equal to a spinster lady of uncertain age with plenty of time on her hands.

Agatha Christie
He laughs best who laughs at the end.

He laughs best who laughs at the end.

Agatha Christie
There is too much tendency to attribute to God the evils that man does of his own free will. I must concede you the Devil. God doesn't really need to punish us, Miss Barton. We're so busy punishing ourselves.

There is too much tendency to attribute to God the evils that man does of his own free will. I must concede you the Devil. God doesn't really need to punish us, Miss Barton. We're so busy punishing ourselves.

Agatha Christie
It's what's in *yourself* that makes you happy or unhappy.

It's what's in *yourself* that makes you happy or unhappy.

Agatha Christie
Fear is incomplete knowledge

Fear is incomplete knowledge

Agatha Christie
People who can be very good can be very bad too.

People who can be very good can be very bad too.

Agatha Christie
At the small table, sitting very upright, was one of the ugliest old ladies he had ever seen. It was an ugliness of distinction - it fascinated rather than repelled.

At the small table, sitting very upright, was one of the ugliest old ladies he had ever seen. It was an ugliness of distinction - it fascinated rather than repelled.

Agatha Christie
Be sure thy sin will find thee out.

Be sure thy sin will find thee out.

Agatha Christie
Unless you are good at guessing, it is not much use being a detective.

Unless you are good at guessing, it is not much use being a detective.

Agatha Christie
Sitting here with one's knitting, one just sees the facts. 

-

Sitting here with one's knitting, one just sees the facts. -"The Blood-Stained Pavement

Agatha Christie
Best of an island is once you get there - you can't go any farther...you've come to the end of things...

Best of an island is once you get there - you can't go any farther...you've come to the end of things...

Agatha Christie
To count - really and truly to count - a woman must have goodness or brains.

To count - really and truly to count - a woman must have goodness or brains.

Agatha Christie
Evil is not any superhuman, but it is HUMAN.

Evil is not any superhuman, but it is HUMAN.

Agatha Christie
It's so much nicer to be a secret and delightful sin to anybody than to be a feather in his cap.

It's so much nicer to be a secret and delightful sin to anybody than to be a feather in his cap.

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

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

Agatha Christie
Courage is the resolution to face the unforeseen.

Courage is the resolution to face the unforeseen.

Agatha Christie
Do you know my friend that each one of us is a dark mystery, a maze of conflicting passions and desire and aptitudes?

Do you know my friend that each one of us is a dark mystery, a maze of conflicting passions and desire and aptitudes?

Agatha Christie
For in the long run, either through a lie, or through truth, people were bound to give themselves away …

For in the long run, either through a lie, or through truth, people were bound to give themselves away …

Agatha Christie
It is odd how, when you have a secret belief of your own which you do not wish to acknowledge, the voicing of it by someone else will rouse you to a fury of denial.

It is odd how, when you have a secret belief of your own which you do not wish to acknowledge, the voicing of it by someone else will rouse you to a fury of denial.

Agatha Christie
You have a tendency, Hastings, to prefer the least likely. That, no doubt, is from reading too many detective stories.

You have a tendency, Hastings, to prefer the least likely. That, no doubt, is from reading too many detective stories.

Agatha Christie
I have no pity for myself either. So let it be Veronal. But I wish Hercule Poirot had never retired from work and come here to grow vegetable marrows.

I have no pity for myself either. So let it be Veronal. But I wish Hercule Poirot had never retired from work and come here to grow vegetable marrows.

Agatha Christie
Difficulties are made to be overcome ~ Miss Felicity Lemon, Agatha Christie's Poirot: The Plymouth Express

Difficulties are made to be overcome ~ Miss Felicity Lemon, Agatha Christie's Poirot: The Plymouth Express

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