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Agatha Christie was a British writer renowned for her detective novels and short stories. Her works, featuring characters like Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple, have captivated millions of readers worldwide. She became one of the best-selling authors in history and is celebrated as the "Queen of Crime." Here are 353 of her quotes:

There is something about conscious tact that is very irritating. (Agatha Christie)

Fear is incomplete knowledge.

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Courage is the resolution to face the unforeseen.

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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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I live now on borrowed time, waiting in the anteroom for the summons that will inevitably come. And then - I go on to the next thing, whatever it is. One doesn't, luckily, have to bother about that.

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Many homicidal lunatics are very quiet, unassuming people. Delightful fellows.

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Where large sums of money are concerned, it is advisable to trust nobody.

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... nothing is so boring as devotion.

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If one sticks too rigidly to one's principles, one would hardly see anybody.

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There's too much tendency to attribute to God the evils that man does of his own free will.

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The past is the father of the present. (Agatha Christie)

Any woman can fool a man if she wants to and if he's in love with her.

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In the midst of life, we are in death.

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I do not argue with obstinate men. I act in spite of them.

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But I know human nature, my friend, and I tell you that, suddenly confronted with the possibility of being tried for murder, the most innocent person will lose his head and do the most absurd things.

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Be sure, they sin will find thee out.

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God bless my soul, woman, the more personal you are the better! This is a story of human beings - not dummies! Be personal - be prejudiced - be catty - be anything you please! Write the thing your own way. We can always prune out the bits that are libellous afterwards!

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People who can be very good can be very bad too.

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It is completely unimportant. That is why it is so interesting.

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Who is there who has not felt a sudden startled pang at reliving an old experience or feeling an old emotion?

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The rottenness comes from within. (Agatha Christie)

One of us in this very room is in fact the murderer.

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Any medical man who predicts exactly when a patient will die, or exactly how long he will live, is bound to make a fool of himself. The human factor is always incalculable. The weak have often unexpected powers of resistance, the strong sometimes succumb.

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Curious things, habits. People themselves never knew they had them.

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And if you cast down an idol, there's nothing left.

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Agatha Christie

Occupation: English Writer
Born: September 15, 1890
Died: January 12, 1976
Quotes count: 353
Wikipedia: Agatha Christie

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