Mr. Satterthwaite looked cheered. Suddenly an idea struck him. His jaw fell. My goodness, he cried, I've only just realized it! That rascal, with his poisoned cocktail! Anyone might have drunk it! It...
Everybody said, "Follow your heart". I did, it got broken
There is at Christmas time a great deal of hypocrisy, honourable hypocrisy, hypocrisy undertaken pour le bon motif, c'est entendu, but nevertheless hypocrisy!
There are more important things than finding the murderer. And justice is a fine word, but it is sometimes difficult to say exactly what one means by it. In my opinion, the important thing is to clear...
Trains are relentless things, aren't they, Monsieur Poirot? People are murdered and die, but they go on just the same. I am talking nonsense, but you know what I mean.Yes, yes, I know. Life is like a...
From now on, it is our task to suspect each and everyone amongst us. Forewarned is forearmed. Take no risks and be alert to danger. That is all.
I like to see an angry Englishman, said Poirot. They are very amusing. The more emotional they feel the less command they have of language.
Wwhat the hell? Weve all got to die sometime!
Put that in your mustache and smoke it.
Ah, mais c'est Anglais ca, he murmured, everything in black and white, everything clear cut and well defined. But life, it is not like that, Mademoiselle. There are things that are not yet, but which...
Good advice is always certain to be ignored, but that's no reason not to give it.
You don't appreciate a faithful husband when you've got one,' said Tommy.'All my friends tell me you never know with husbands,' said Tuppance.'You have the wrong kind of friends,' said Tommy.
Real evidence is usually vague and unsatisfactory. It has to be examined---sifted. But here the whole thing is cut and dried. No, my friend, this evidence has been very cleverly manufactured---so clev...
One little Indian left all alone, he went out and hanged himself and then there were none.
I have always noticed that these artists and writers are very unbalanced
Now I am old-fashioned. A woman, I consider, should be womanly. I have no patience with the modern neurotic girl who jazzes from morning to night, smokes like a chimney, and uses language which would...
To rush into explanations is always a sign of weakness.
Ladies and Gentlemen! Silence please! Every one was startled. They looked round-at each other, at the walls. Who was speaking? The Voice went on- a high clear voice.You are charged with the following...
I looked at her. Sheila was my girl--the girl I wanted--and wanted for keeps. But it wasn't any use having illusions about her. Sheila was a liar and probably always would be a liar. It was her way of...
Poirot said placidly, One does not, you know, employ merely the muscles. I do not need to bend and measure the footprints and pick up the cigarette ends and examine the bent blades of grass. It is eno...