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Murder on the Orient Express (Hercule Poirot, #9) QUOTES

Murder on the Orient Express (Hercule Poirot, #9) QUOTES

1 " At the small table, sitting very upright, was one of the ugliest old ladies he had ever seen. It was an ugliness of distinction - it fascinated rather than repelled. "

― Agatha Christie , Murder on the Orient Express (Hercule Poirot, #9)

2 " But I know human nature, my friend, and I tell you that, suddenly confronted with the possibility of being tried for murder, the most innocent person will lose his head and do the most absurd things. "

― Agatha Christie , Murder on the Orient Express (Hercule Poirot, #9)

3 " I am not one to rely upon the expert procedure. It is the psychology I seek, not the fingerprint or the cigarette ash. "

― Agatha Christie , Murder on the Orient Express (Hercule Poirot, #9)

4 " Then there are some minor points that strike me as suggestive - for instance, the position of Mrs. Hubbard's sponge bag, the name of Mrs. Armstrong's mother, the detective methods of Mr. Hardman, the suggestion of Mr. MacQueen that Ratchett himself destroyed the charred note we found, Princess Dragomiroff's Christian name, and a grease spot on a Hungarian passport. "

― Agatha Christie , Murder on the Orient Express (Hercule Poirot, #9)

5 " You are the patient one, Mademoiselle,' said Poirot to Miss Debenham.

She shrugged her shoulders slightly. 'What else can one do?'

You are a philosopher, Mademoiselle.'

That implies a detached attitude. I think my attitude is more selfish. I have learned to save myself useless emotion. "

― Agatha Christie , Murder on the Orient Express (Hercule Poirot, #9)

6 " In fact,' said Poirot, 'she stabbed him in the dark, not realising that he was dead already, but somehow deduced that he had a watch in his pyjama pocket, took it out, put back the hands blindly and gave it the requisite dent. "

― Agatha Christie , Murder on the Orient Express (Hercule Poirot, #9)

7 " I believe, Messieurs, in loyalty---to one's friends and one's family and one's caste. "

― Agatha Christie , Murder on the Orient Express (Hercule Poirot, #9)

8 " The impossible could not have happened, therefore the impossible must be possible in spite of appearances. "

― Agatha Christie , Murder on the Orient Express (Hercule Poirot, #9)

9 " If you confront anyone who has lied with the truth, he will usually admit it - often out of sheer surprise. It is only necessary to guess right to produce your effect. "

― Agatha Christie , Murder on the Orient Express (Hercule Poirot, #9)

10 " What's wrong with my proposition?" Poirot rose. "If you will forgive me for being personal-I do not like your face, M. Ratchett. "

― Agatha Christie , Murder on the Orient Express (Hercule Poirot, #9)

11 " I like to see an angry Englishman," said Poirot. "They are very amusing. The more emotional they feel the less command they have of language. "

― Agatha Christie , Murder on the Orient Express (Hercule Poirot, #9)

12 " The body—the cage—is everything of the most respectable—but through the bars, the wild animal looks out. "

― Agatha Christie , Murder on the Orient Express (Hercule Poirot, #9)

13 " All around us are people, of all classes, of all nationalities, of all ages. For three days these people, these strangers to one another, are brought together. They sleep and eat under one roof, they cannot get away from each other. At the end of three days they part, they go their several ways, never, perhaps, to see each other again. "

― Agatha Christie , Murder on the Orient Express (Hercule Poirot, #9)

14 " Some of us, in the words of the divine Greta Garbo, want to be alone. "

― Agatha Christie , Murder on the Orient Express (Hercule Poirot, #9)

15 " How fast you go. You arrive at a conclusion much sooner than I would permit myself to do. "

― Agatha Christie , Murder on the Orient Express (Hercule Poirot, #9)

16 " I have learned to save myself useless emotion. "

― Agatha Christie , Murder on the Orient Express (Hercule Poirot, #9)

17 " The impossible cannot have happened, therefore the impossible must be possible in spite of appearances. "

― Agatha Christie , Murder on the Orient Express (Hercule Poirot, #9)

18 " Because, you see, if the man were an invention—a fabrication—how much easier to make him disappear! "

― Agatha Christie , Murder on the Orient Express (Hercule Poirot, #9)

19 " The happiness of one man and one woman is the greatest thing in all the world. "

― Agatha Christie , Murder on the Orient Express (Hercule Poirot, #9)

20 " You've a pretty good nerve," said Ratchett. "Will twenty thousand dollars tempt you?"

It will not."

If you're holding out for more, you won't get it. I know what a thing's worth to me."

I, also M. Ratchett."

What's wrong with my proposition?"

Poirot rose. "If you will forgive me for being personal - I do not like your face, M. Ratchett," he said. "

― Agatha Christie , Murder on the Orient Express (Hercule Poirot, #9)