"Discussions of death and such matters do more to unlock the human tongue than any other subject.
In the midst of life, we are in death.
More Agatha Christie quotes
"A quiet secluded life in the country, with the possibility of being useful to people to whom it is easy to do good, and who are not accustomed to have...
"My flute, M. Poirot, is my oldest companion. When everything else fails, music remains.
"She didn’t want to die. She couldn’t imagine wanting to die…Death was for—for other people.
"Un archeologo è il miglior marito che una donna possa avere: più lei diventa vecchia, più lui s'interessa a lei.
"The truth is, that one doesn't really know anything about anybody. Not even the people who are nearest to you...''Isn't that going a little too far--e...
"Death was for-the other people.
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"Sitting here, literally amongst the dead, reckoning up gains and losses, casting accounts, I have come to see gains that cannot be reckoned in terms o...
"All Egypt is obsessed with death! And do you know why, Renisenb? Because we have eyes in our bodies, but none in our minds. We cannot conceive of a li...
"Who can tell? It may be that there must always be growth - and that if one does not grow kinder and wiser and greater, then the growth must be the oth...
"But what really happens after you are dead - that is what I want to know?I cannot tell you Renisenb. You should ask a priest these questions.He would ...
"I never gossip - but after all, a tongue is given one to speak with, and I'm not deaf mute.That you most certainly are not. A tongue, Henet, may somet...