There is nothing more thrilling in this world, I think, than having a child that is yours, and yet is mysteriously a stranger.
AGATHA CHRISTIEIt is deplorable to remove all the romance – all the mystery!
More Agatha Christie Quotes
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There are doubtless certain unworldly people who are indifferent to money. I myself have never met one.
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To rush into explanations is always a sign of weakness.
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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?
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Where large sums of money are concerned, it is advisable to trust nobody.
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Courage is the resolution to face the unforeseen.
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One 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.
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It is deplorable to remove all the romance – all the mystery!
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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.
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There is no greater mistake in life than seeing things or hearing them at the wrong time.
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When engaged in eating, the brain should be the servant of the stomach.
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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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If you place your head in a lion’s mouth, then you cannot complain one day if he happens to bite it off.
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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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What good is money if it can’t buy happiness?
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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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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.
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I married an archeologist because the older I grow, the more he appreciates me.
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Never tell all you know—not even to the person you know best.
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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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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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Trains are wonderful…. To travel by train is to see nature and human beings, towns and churches and rivers, in fact, to see life.
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For in the long run, either through a lie, or through truth, people were bound to give themselves away.
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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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The saddest thing in life and the hardest to live through, is the knowledge that there is someone you love very much whom you cannot save from suffering.
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The impossible could not have happened, therefore the impossible must be possible in spite of appearances.
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One of the luckiest things that can happen to you in life is, I think, to have a happy childhood.
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