Quotes from Death in the Clouds

“Sensationalism dies quickly, fear is long-lived.”
― Agatha Christie, quote from Death in the Clouds

“Everyone likes talking about himself. - Hercule Poirot”
― Agatha Christie, quote from Death in the Clouds

“Life can be very terrible," he said. "One needs much courage."
"To kill oneself? yes, I suppose one does."
"Also to live," said Poirot, "one needs courage.”
― Agatha Christie, quote from Death in the Clouds

“Las mujeres, claro está, deben pensar en ellas mismas.”
― Agatha Christie, quote from Death in the Clouds

“Mon ami,' said Poirot with dignity, 'when I commit a murder it will not be with the arrow poison of the South American Indians.”
― Agatha Christie, quote from Death in the Clouds

“¡El dinero es ridículo! ¡El crédito es ridículo! ¡Convenga usted en que la vida tiene mucho de ridículo!”
― Agatha Christie, quote from Death in the Clouds

“Si se estudia un problema con orden y método, no hay dificultad alguna en resolverlo (Hércules Poirot)”
― Agatha Christie, quote from Death in the Clouds

“A meal should always lie lightly on the estomac," said Poirot. "It should not be so heavy as to paralyze thought.”
― Agatha Christie, quote from Death in the Clouds

“There comes to everyone a turning point in their lives, M. Poirot. They stand at the crossroads and have to decide. My profession interests me enormously; it is a sorrow - a very great sorrow - to abandon it. But there are other claims. There is, M. Poirot, the happiness of a human being.”
― Agatha Christie, quote from Death in the Clouds

“You are young still. Naturally, one tries this, that and the other, but what one eventually settles down into is the life one prefers.”
― Agatha Christie, quote from Death in the Clouds

“Looks a bit fishy to me," said Japp. "He actually had a blowpipe, and look at his manner. All to pieces."
"That is the severity of your official demeanor, my good Japp."
"There's nothing for anyone to be afraid of if they're only telling the truth," said the Scotland Yard man austerely.
Poirot looked at him pityingly. "In verity, I believe that you yourself honestly believe that.”
― Agatha Christie, quote from Death in the Clouds

“It is romantic, you know, the transatlantic telephone. To speak so easily to someone nearly halfway across the globe. The telegraphed photograph - that, too, is romantic. Science is the greatest romance there is.”
― Agatha Christie, quote from Death in the Clouds

“When the mal de mer seizes me I, Hercule Poirot, am a creature with no gray cells, no order, no method — a mere member of the human race somewhat below average intelligence! It is deplorable, but there it is! And talking of these matters, how is my excellent friend Giraud?”
― Agatha Christie, quote from Death in the Clouds

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