Quotes from Three Act Tragedy

“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 might have been me!"

"There is an even more terrible possibility that you have not considered," said Poirot.

"Eh?"

"It might have been me," said Hercule Poirot.”
― Agatha Christie, quote from Three Act Tragedy

“One knows so little. When one knows more it is too late.”
― Agatha Christie, quote from Three Act Tragedy

“It seems dreadful to say so, but there is something attractive to a girl in being told anyone is a bad man. She thinks at once that her love will reform him.”
― Agatha Christie, quote from Three Act Tragedy

“But yes, exactly that. Think! With thought, all problems can be solved.”
― Agatha Christie, quote from Three Act Tragedy

“I was such a foolish girl - girls are foolish, Mr. Satterthwaite. They are so sure of themselves, so convinced they know best. People write and talk a lot of a ‘woman’s instinct.’ I don’t believe, Mr.Satterthwaite, that there is any such thing. There doesn’t seem to be anything that warns girls against a certain type of man. Nothing in themselves, I mean. Their parents warn them, but that’s no good - one doesn’t believe. It seems dreadful to say so, but there is something attractive to a girl in being told anyone is a bad man. She thinks at once that her love will reform him.”
― Agatha Christie, quote from Three Act Tragedy

“The great merit of being a doctor,” said Sir Bartholomew, “is that you are not obliged to follow your own advice.”
― Agatha Christie, quote from Three Act Tragedy

“Een man die zichzelf voortdurend dramatiseert, wordt wel eens verkeerd beoordeeld,' stelde Satterthwaite vast. 'Je neemt de dingen die echt in hem zijn ook niet meer au sérieux.”
― Agatha Christie, quote from Three Act Tragedy

“Een van de voordelen als je dokter bent, is dat je je eigen raad niet hoeft op te volgen,' zei Sir Bartholomew.”
― Agatha Christie, quote from Three Act Tragedy

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― Agatha Christie, quote from Three Act Tragedy

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― Agatha Christie, quote from Three Act Tragedy

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