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.
AGATHA CHRISTIEI’m sure you have a theme: the theme of your life. You can embellish it or desecrate it, but it’s your theme, and as long as you follow it, you will experience harmony and peace of mind.
More Agatha Christie Quotes
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Writers are diffident creatures — they need encouragement.
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Truth, however bitter, can be accepted, and woven into a design for living.
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Be sure thy sin will find thee out.
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Time is the best killer.
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Everybody said, “Follow your heart”. I did, it got broken.
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The young people think the old people are fools — but the old people know the young people are fools.
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Writing is a great comfort to people like me, who are unsure of themselves and have trouble expressing themselves properly.
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It’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.
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I have enjoyed greatly the second blooming… suddenly you find – at the age of 50, say – that a whole new life has opened before you.
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Nobody knows what another person is thinking. They may imagine they do, but they are nearly always wrong.
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Everything must be taken into account. If the fact will not fit the theory—let the theory go.
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Fear is incomplete knowledge.
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One knows so little. When one knows more it is too late.
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Very few of us are what we seem.
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Assumptions are dangerous things.
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