Agatha Christie

I married an archaeologist because the older I grow, the more he appreciates me.

Agatha Christie

I think people more often kill those they love, than those they hate. Possibly because only the people you love can really make life unendurable to you.

Agatha Christie

I think, myself, that one’s memories represent those moments which, insignificant as they may seem, nevertheless represent the inner self and oneself as most really oneself.

Agatha Christie

I would like it to be said that I was a good writer of detective and thriller stories.

Agatha Christie

I’ve always believed in writing without a collaborator, because where two people are writing the same book, each believes he gets all the worry and only half the royalties.

Agatha Christie

I’ve always noticed that if you speak the truth in a rather silly way nobody believes you.

Agatha Christie

If anyone is really determined to lend you a book, you never can get out of it!

Agatha Christie

If one man does not make a move, the other must, and by permitting the adversary to make the attack one learns something about him.

Agatha Christie

If one sticks too rigidly to one’s principles, one would hardly see anybody.

Agatha Christie

If you place your head in a lion’s mouth, then you cannot complain one day if he happens to bite it off.

Agatha Christie