Agatha Christie, The Mysterious Affair At Styles Quotes
Everything must be taken into account. If the fact will not fit the theory---let the theory go.
I did not deceive you, mon ami. At most, I permitted you to deceive yourself.
When you find that people are not telling you the truth---look out!
You know, Emily was a selfish old woman in her way. She was very generous, but she always wanted a return. She never let people forget what she had done for them - and, that way she missed love.
And how do you know that these fine begonias are not of equal importance?
Miss Howard: Like a good detective story myself. Lots of nonsense written, though. Criminal discovered in last Chapter. Everyone dumbfounded. Real crime - you'd know at once.
... one may live in a big house and yet have no comfort.
