Crime is terribly revealing. Try and vary your methods as you will, your tastes, your habits, your attitude of mind, and your soul is revealed by your actions.

— Agatha Christie

Death, mademoiselle, unfortunately creates a prejudice. A prejudice in favor of the deceased. I heard what you said just now to my friend Hastings. ‘A nice bright girl with no men friends.’ You said that in mockery of the newspapers. And it is very true—when a young girl is dead, that is the kind of thing that is said. She was bright. She was happy. Furthermore, she was sweet-tempered. Furthermore, she had not a care in the world. Furthermore, she had no undesirable acquaintances. There is a great charity always to the dead. Do you know what I should like this minute? I should like to find someone who knew Elizabeth Barnard and who does not know she is dead! Then, perhaps, I should hear what is useful to me—the truth.

— Agatha Christie

Death was for-the other people.

— Agatha Christie

Discussions of death and such matters do more to unlock the human tongue than any other subject.

— Agatha Christie

Don’t go,” said Cedric. “Murder has made you practically one of the family.

— Agatha Christie

Don't you know, you idiot, that that is what every fool of a woman says about her child? Miss Bestrode's thoughts.

— Agatha Christie

Do you believe in the value of truth, my dear, or don’t you?”“Of course I believe in the truth,” said Rhoda, staring.“Yes, you say that, but perhaps you haven’t thought about it. The truth sometimes hurts – and destroys one’s illusions.”“I’d rather have it all the same.” said Rhoda. “So would I. But I don’t know that we’re wise.” Mrs. Oliver; Rhoda Dawes

— Agatha Christie

Edna restored the toffee to the center of her tongue and sucking pleasurably, resumed her typing of Naked Love by Armand Levine. Its painstaking eroticism left her uninterested--as indeed it did most of Mr. Levine's readers, in spite of his efforts. He was a notable example of the fact that nothing can be duller than dull pornography.

— Agatha Christie

Eh Bain, then, you are crazy, or appear crazy or you think you are crazy, and possibly you may be crazy.

— Agatha Christie

Everybody said, "Follow your heart". I did, it got broken

— Agatha Christie