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21 " Anne’s awfully sensitive,’ said Rhoda. ‘And she’s bad about—well, facing things. If anything’s upset her, she’d just rather not talk about it, "
― Agatha Christie , Cards on the Table (Hercule Poirot, #14)
22 " I should have kept him to the end,” said Mrs. Oliver. “In a book, I mean,” she added apologetically. “Real life’s a bit different,” said Battle. "
23 " ــــ غير معقول!! مستحيل أن يكون أحد هؤلاء الأربعة قد ارتكب جريمة.ــــ إن المجرمين لا يختلفون في مظهرهم عن الشرفاء وليس في الحياة اليومية ما يفرق هؤلاء عن أولئك.. بل إن المجرمين يبدون في أكثر الأحايين أكثر ظرفا واعتدالا. "
24 " Not at all,” said Mrs. Oliver. “Least likely person. It seems to work out in real life just the same as in books. "
25 " Anne e groaznic de sensibilă, continuă Rhoda. Şi nu se pricepe să iasă din situaţiile neplăcute. Dacă o supără ceva, preferă să nu vorbească despre asta, deşi nu-i foloseşte la nimic - cel puțin, nu cred. Lucrurile sunt la fel, indiferent că vorbeşti despre ele sau nu. Doar fugi de ele şi te prefaci că nu există. "
26 " Writing’s not particularly enjoyable. It’s hard work like everything else. "
27 " Ik had er niet de geringste behoefte aan hem te doden, maar ik zou hem donders graag eens een trap verkocht hebben. "
28 " Reflect, eh? Well, you might do worse. There’s too much rushing about nowadays. If people sat tight and thought about a thing before they tackled it, there’d be less mess-ups than there are. "
29 " Memory is a wonderful gift. With it the past is never the past—I should imagine, madame, that to you the past unrolls itself, every incident clear as yesterday "
30 " But he was not the devil. Au fond, he was a stupid man. And so—he died.” “Because he was stupid?” “It is the sin that is never forgiven and always punished, madame. "
31 " Life is a difficult business,” said Mrs. Lorrimer. “You’ll know that when you come to my age. It needs infinite courage and a lot of endurance. And in the end one wonders: ‘Was it worthwhile? "
32 " What can’t be cured must be endured, "