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Hercule QUOTES

Hercule QUOTES

1 " Speech is the deadliest of revealers.' - Hercule Poirot, Cards on the Table "

2 " Trains are relentless things, aren't they, Monsieur Poirot? People are murdered and die, but they go on just the same. I am talking nonsense, but you know what I mean." " Yes, yes, I know. Life is like a train, Mademoiselle. It goes on. And it is a good thing that that is so." " Why?" " Because the train gets to its journey's end at last, and there is a proverb about that in your language, Mademoiselle." " 'Journey's end in lovers meeting.'" Lenox laughed. " That is not going to be true for me." " Yes--yes, it is true. You are young, younger than you yourself know. Trust the train, Mademoiselle, for it is le bon Dieu who drives it." The whistle of the engine came again." Trust the train, Mademoiselle," murmured Poirot again. " And trust Hercule Poirot. He knows. "

3 " I have no pity for myself either. So let it be Veronal. But I wish Hercule Poirot had never retired from work and come here to grow vegetable marrows. "

― Agatha Christie , The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (Hercule Poirot, #3)

4 " One must always proceed with method. I made an error of judgment asking you that question. Toeach man his own knowledge. You could tell me the details of the patient's physical appearance- nothing there would escape you. If I wanted information about the papers on the desk, Mr. Raymond would have noticed anything there was to see. To find out about the fire, I must ask the man whose business is to observe such things. - Detective Hercule Poirot to Doctor Sheppard "

― Agatha Christie , The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (Hercule Poirot, #3)

5 " 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. "

6 " He dragged me back - just in time. A tree had crashed down on to the side walk, just missing us. Poirot stared at it, pale and upset. " It was a near thing that! But clumsy, all the same - for I had no suspicion - at least hardly any suspicion. Yes, but for my quick eyes, the eyes of a cat, Hercule Poirot might now be crushed out of existence - a terrible calamity for the world. And you, too, mon ami - though that would not be such a national catastrophe." " Thank you," I said coldly. "

7 " There was only one thing about his own appearance which really pleased Hercule Poirot, and that was the profusion of his moustaches, and the way they responded to grooming and treatment and trimming. They were magnificent. He knew of nobody else who had any moustache half as good. "

― Agatha Christie , Hallowe'en Party (Hercule Poirot, #32)

8 " I think you are wise. You haven't got what it takes for this job. You are like Rosemary's father. He couldn't understand Lenin's dictum: 'Away with softness.'" I thought of Hercule Poirot's words." I'm content," I said, " to be human...." We sat there in silence, each of use convinced that the other's point of view was wrong. "

9 " It is romantic, yes,’ agreed Hercule Poirot. ‘It is peaceful. The sun shines. The sea is blue. But you forget, Miss Brewster, there is evil everywhere under the sun’. "

― Agatha Christie