For in the long run, either through a lie, or through truth, people were bound to give themselves away.
AGATHA CHRISTIEFor in the long run, either through a lie, or through truth, people were bound to give themselves away.
AGATHA CHRISTIEYou don’t realize what fine fighting material there is in age. You show me any one who’s lived to over seventy and you show me a fighter – someone who’s got the will to live.
AGATHA CHRISTIEOne is alone when the last one who remembers is gone.
AGATHA CHRISTIEWhat they need is a little immorality in their lives. Then they wouldn’t be so busy looking for it in other people’s.
AGATHA CHRISTIETo count – really and truly to count – a woman must have goodness or brains.
AGATHA CHRISTIEOne must accept the fact that we have only one companion in this world, a companion who accompanies us from the cradle to the grave – our own self. Get on good terms with that companion – learn to live with yourself.
AGATHA CHRISTIENobody knows what another person is thinking. They may imagine they do, but they are nearly always wrong.
AGATHA CHRISTIEIf one sticks too rigidly to one’s principles, one would hardly see anybody.
AGATHA CHRISTIEWriters are diffident creatures — they need encouragement.
AGATHA CHRISTIEDogs 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 CHRISTIEIt’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.
AGATHA CHRISTIEWith thought, all problems can be resolved.
AGATHA CHRISTIETo every problem, there is a most simple solution.
AGATHA CHRISTIEOne knows so little. When one knows more it is too late.
AGATHA CHRISTIEGood advice is always certain to be ignored, but that’s no reason not to give it.
AGATHA CHRISTIEIf you’ve had a happy childhood, nobody can take that away from you.
AGATHA CHRISTIE