Writers are diffident creatures — they need encouragement.
AGATHA CHRISTIEI 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.
More Agatha Christie Quotes
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To rush into explanations is always a sign of weakness.
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The impossible could not have happened, therefore the impossible must be possible in spite of appearances.
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Don’t think. That is the wrong way to bring anything back. Let it go. Sooner or later it will flash into your mind.
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Everything that has existed, lingers in the Eternity.
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Time is the best killer.
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Bitterness leads nowhere. It turns back on itself. It is the eternal cul-de-sac.
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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.
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One is left with the horrible feeling now that war settles nothing; that to win a war is as disastrous as to lose one.
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Where large sums of money are concerned, it is advisable to trust nobody.
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Any woman can fool a man if she wants to and if he’s in love with her.
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To count – really and truly to count – a woman must have goodness or brains.
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Many homicidal lunatics are very quiet, unassuming people. Delightful fellows.
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What they need is a little immorality in their lives. Then they wouldn’t be so busy looking for it in other people’s.
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But surely for everything you love you have to pay some price.
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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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