black
grey
blue
red
brown
white

Writers are diffident creatures — they need encouragement.

Agatha Christie

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.
AGATHA CHRISTIE

Crime Innocence Justice Mercy Need Result Victim
When the fact doesn’t meet the theory then let go the theory.
AGATHA CHRISTIE

Fact Let Go Theory
I’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.
AGATHA CHRISTIE

Experience Life Mindset Peace Yourself
Where large sums of money are concerned, it is advisable to trust nobody.
AGATHA CHRISTIE

Advice Money Trust
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

Appearance Funny Goodness Hard Life Man Yourself
Any coincidencce is worth noticing. You can throw it away later if it is only a coincidence.
AGATHA CHRISTIE

Coincidence Notice Worth Yourself
If you’ve had a happy childhood, nobody can take that away from you.
AGATHA CHRISTIE

Childhood Happiness Yourself
The simplest explanation is always the most likely.
AGATHA CHRISTIE

Education Expectation Simplicity
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

Darkness Desire Friendship Mystery Passion Yourself
Until one looks back on one’s own past one fails to realise what an extraordinary view of the world a child has.
AGATHA CHRISTIE

Children Failure Oneself Past See View World
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 CHRISTIE

Direction Myself Necessary Possible Save Thinking Trouble
Any woman can fool a man if she wants to and if he’s in love with her.
AGATHA CHRISTIE

Fool Herself Love Man Woman
Fiction is founded on truth unless things did happen, people couldn’t think of them.
AGATHA CHRISTIE

Fiction People Thinking Truth
Courage is the resolution to face the unforeseen.
AGATHA CHRISTIE

Courage Face Resolution See
I learned that one can never go back, that one should not ever try to go back – that the essence of life is going forward. Life is really a one way street, isn’t it?
AGATHA CHRISTIE

Essence Learning Life Myself Try
To rush into explanations is always a sign of weakness.
AGATHA CHRISTIE

Explanation Rush Weakness

Writers are diffident creatures — they need encouragement.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

Writers are diffident creatures — they need encouragement.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

More Agatha Christie Quotes