The Seven Dials Mystery
Agatha Christie
Top 10 Best Quotes
“To rush into explanations is always a sign of weakness.”
“fiction is founded on truth... unless things did happen, people couldn't think of them.”
“In my opinion half the people who spend their lives avoiding being run over by buses had much better be run over and put safely out of the way. They're no good.”
“It's a rotten job, but somebody's got to do it.”
“It’s odd, isn’t it, why farce so often seems to get mixed up with tragedy?”
“What I think is a different matter. Maybe I think some rather curious things—but until thinking's got you somewhere it's no use talking about it.”
“Only to those who don’t know you–who are taken in by your delusive appearance of meekness and decorum.’ ‘I like your long words.’ ‘All out of crossword puzzles.’ ‘So educative.”
“Marriage, especially at my age, is not to be undertaken without full–er–consideration. Equality of birth, similarity of tastes, general suitability, and the same religious creed–all these things are necessary and the pros and cons have to be weighed and considered.”
“I often find these self-made men are inconsiderate. Very possibly that is why they amass such large fortunes.”
“I don't like anyone who comes and dies in my house on purpose to annoy me," said Lord Caterham obstinately.”
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