“To rush into explanations is always a sign of weakness.”
― Agatha Christie, quote from The Seven Dials Mystery
“fiction is founded on truth... unless things did happen, people couldn't think of them.”
― Agatha Christie, quote from The Seven Dials Mystery
“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.”
― Agatha Christie, quote from The Seven Dials Mystery
“It's a rotten job, but somebody's got to do it.”
― Agatha Christie, quote from The Seven Dials Mystery
“It’s odd, isn’t it, why farce so often seems to get mixed up with tragedy?”
― Agatha Christie, quote from The Seven Dials Mystery
“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.”
― Agatha Christie, quote from The Seven Dials Mystery
“But nothing will suit him now but the best! He's got on wonderfully, and naturally he wants something to show for it, but many's the time I wonder where it will end.”
― Agatha Christie, quote from The Seven Dials Mystery
“I often find these self-made men are inconsiderate. Very possibly that is why they amass such large fortunes.”
― Agatha Christie, quote from The Seven Dials Mystery
“Bundle frowned. This business of the clocks was curious. She must get hold of Bill Eversleigh. He had been there, she knew. To think was to act with Bundle. She got up and went over to the writing desk. It was an inlaid affair with a lid that rolled back. Bundle sat down at it, pulled a sheet of notepaper towards her and wrote. Dear Bill,—”
― Agatha Christie, quote from The Seven Dials Mystery
“Come and have a cocktail. It's nearly lunch time.”
― Agatha Christie, quote from The Seven Dials Mystery
“I don't like anyone who comes and dies in my house on purpose to annoy me," said Lord Caterham obstinately.”
― Agatha Christie, quote from The Seven Dials Mystery
Agatha Christie
Born place: in Torquay, Devon, England, The United Kingdom
Born date September 15, 1890
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“Well, darkness has a hunger that’s insatiable, and lightness has a call that’s hard to hear. Indigo Girls”
― quote from Meditations from the Mat: Daily Reflections on the Path of Yoga
“Abbe Faria: Here is your final lesson - do not commit the crime for which you now serve the sentence. God said, Vengeance is mine.
Edmond Dantes: I don't believe in God.
Abbe Faria: It doesn't matter. He believes in you. ”
― Alexandre Dumas, quote from The Count of Monte Cristo, V1
“Sometimes good judgement comes from experience, and a lotta that comes from bad judgement.”
― Charles Martin, quote from Chasing Fireflies: A Novel of Discovery
“Tull stopped laughing and stared into Loken’s face. His blue eyes were terribly cold and hard. ‘Kaos is the damnation of all mankind, Loken. Kaos will outlive us and dance on our ashes. All we can do, all we can strive for, is to recognise its menace and keep it at bay, for as long as we persist.”
― Dan Abnett, quote from Horus Rising
“ფული ღარიბ ქვეყანაში და ფული მდიდარ ქევყანაში – ორი სხვადასხვა ცნებაა. ფული მდიდარ ქვეყანაში არის ფასიანი ქაღალდი, რომლითაც თქვენ ბაზარში საქონელს ყიდულობთ; იქ თქვენ უბრალოდ მყიდველი ხართ, იქ მილიონერიც კი მყიდველია. მას შეუძლია შეიძინოს ბევრი ან ცოტა საქონელი, მაგრამ ის მაინც ერთ-ერთ რიგით მუშტრად რჩება და მეტი არაფერი. მაგრამ ღარიბ ქვეყანაში? ასეთ ქვეყანაში ფული არის მშვენიერი, თავბრუდამხვევი, მათრობელა, მარადიულ ყვავილებგამოსხმული ღობე, რომლითაც თქვენ ყველასგან იზოლირებული ხართ. ამ ცოცხალი ღობის იქით ვერ ხედავთ საშინელ სიღატაკეს, სიბინძურეს, ვერ გრძნობთ მის სიმყრალეს, არ გესმით ხალხის გულებიდან ამომავალი ხმები.
თუმცა, იმავდროულად თქვენ იცით, რომ ეს ყველაფერი არსებობს და გრძნობთ სიხარულსა და სიამაყეს: თქვენ ხომ ასე საიმედოდ ხართ დაცული. თქვენ გაქვთ ფული, მაშასადამე, თქვენ გაქვთ ფრთები. თქვენ ხართ სამოთხის ჩიტი, რომელიც აღტაცებას იწვევს. შეგიძლიათ, წარმოიდგინოთ, რომ ჰოლანდიაში ხალხი მდიდარი თანამემამულის დასათვალიერებლად შეიკრიბოს იმის გამო, რომ მას ახლოდან შეხედოს?! შვედეთში ან ავსტრალიაში? ჩვენთან კი ასე ხდება: თუ თავადი ან მილი”
― Ryszard Kapuściński, quote from The Emperor
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