“Words are such uncertain things, they so often sound well but mean the opposite of what one thinks they do.”
― Agatha Christie, quote from Partners in Crime
“You do think you know about everything," said her husband.
I do," said Tuppence.”
― Agatha Christie, quote from Partners in Crime
“They are never really dead, these super criminals”
― Agatha Christie, quote from Partners in Crime
“As the visitor left the office, Tuppence grabbed the violin and putting it in the cupboard turned the key in the lock.
"If you must be Sherlock Holmes," she observed, "I'll get you a nice little syringe and a bottle labelled Cocaine, but for God's sake leave that violin alone.”
― Agatha Christie, quote from Partners in Crime
“If you disperse energy in speech, it doesn't leave you too much over for action.”
― Agatha Christie, quote from Partners in Crime
“It is a great advantage to be intelligent and not to look it.”
― Agatha Christie, quote from Partners in Crime
“I can look after her all right, sir," said Tommy, at exactly the same minute as Tuppence said, "I can take care of myself.”
― Agatha Christie, quote from Partners in Crime
“Tommy, why did they put Maldon Surrey on the telegram?"
"Because Maldon is in Surrey, idiot.”
― Agatha Christie, quote from Partners in Crime
“لا حد يشعر بقيمة النعمة إلا عندما يفقدها، فنحن لا نشعر بقيمة التنفس إلا إذا أصابنا البرد”
― Agatha Christie, quote from Partners in Crime
“Twenty minutes’ work after breakfast every morning keeps the flag going to perfection. You have nothing to complain of, have you?” “Your”
― Agatha Christie, quote from Partners in Crime
“One is the giver and one is the taker. The giver wishes the taker would stop.”
― Alma Katsu, quote from The Taker
“... I have always thought of Christmas-time... as a good time; a kind, forgiving, charitable, pleasant time; the only time I know of, in the long calendar of the year, when men and women seem by one consent to open their shut-up hearts freely, and to think of people below them as if they really were fellow-passengers to the grave, and not another race of creatures bound on other journeys.”
― Charles Dickens, quote from A Christmas Carol and Other Christmas Writings
“Everyone who was born had to die; those who died would be reborn again. The killer and the slain: these were terms that had no meaning. The soul could never be destroyed. The soul discards a worn-out body for a new one as human beings discard old clothes for new, said Krishna, and there was nothing in this to grieve about.”
― M.T. Vasudevan Nair, quote from രണ്ടാമൂഴം | Randamoozham
“Tired?” he asks.
“Tired—yes. Angry—yes. Pissed off—ninety-nine percent of the time. Fun to be around—never.”
Gabriel smiles. “Who wants fun when you can have interesting?”
― Sally Green, quote from Half Wild
“Her mouth has always lacked any type of filter, a problem exacerbated by her refusal to lie about anything. Two qualities guaranteed to turn every conversation into a battlefield.”
― Gena Showalter, quote from A Mad Zombie Party
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