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The Mysterious Affair at Styles (Hercule Poirot, #1) QUOTES

The Mysterious Affair at Styles (Hercule Poirot, #1) QUOTES

1 " A man in love is a sorry spectacle. "

― Agatha Christie , The Mysterious Affair at Styles (Hercule Poirot, #1)

2 " And how do you know that these fine begonias are not of equal importance? "

― Agatha Christie , The Mysterious Affair at Styles (Hercule Poirot, #1)

3 " I did not deceive you, mon ami. At most, I permitted you to deceive yourself. "

― Agatha Christie , The Mysterious Affair at Styles (Hercule Poirot, #1)

4 " When you find that people are not telling you the truth---look out! "

― Agatha Christie , The Mysterious Affair at Styles (Hercule Poirot, #1)

5 " 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. "

― Agatha Christie , The Mysterious Affair at Styles (Hercule Poirot, #1)

6 " Everything must be taken into account. If the fact will not fit the theory---let the theory go. "

― Agatha Christie , The Mysterious Affair at Styles (Hercule Poirot, #1)

7 " ... one may live in a big house and yet have no comfort. "

― Agatha Christie , The Mysterious Affair at Styles (Hercule Poirot, #1)

8 " 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. "

― Agatha Christie , The Mysterious Affair at Styles (Hercule Poirot, #1)

9 " An appreciative listener is always stimulating. "

― Agatha Christie , The Mysterious Affair at Styles (Hercule Poirot, #1)

10 " Instinct is a marvelous thing. It can neither be explained nor ignored. "

― Agatha Christie , The Mysterious Affair at Styles (Hercule Poirot, #1)

11 " You gave too much rein to your imagination. Imagination is a good servant, and a bad master. The simplest explanation is always the most likely. "

― Agatha Christie , The Mysterious Affair at Styles (Hercule Poirot, #1)

12 " Every murderer is probably somebody's old friend. "

― Agatha Christie , The Mysterious Affair at Styles (Hercule Poirot, #1)

13 " Sometimes I feel sure he is as mad as a hatter and then, just as he is at his maddest, I find there is a method in his madness. "

― Agatha Christie , The Mysterious Affair at Styles (Hercule Poirot, #1)

14 " They tried to be too clever---and that was their undoing. "

― Agatha Christie , The Mysterious Affair at Styles (Hercule Poirot, #1)

15 " Real evidence is usually vague and unsatisfactory. It has to be examined---sifted. But here the whole thing is cut and dried. No, my friend, this evidence has been very cleverly manufactured---so cleverly that it has defeated its own ends. "

― Agatha Christie , The Mysterious Affair at Styles (Hercule Poirot, #1)

16 " Mrs. Cavendish: I am charming to my friends one day, and forget all about them the next. "

― Agatha Christie , The Mysterious Affair at Styles (Hercule Poirot, #1)

17 " Poirot was an extraordinary looking little man. He was hardly more than five feet, four inches, but carried himself with great dignity. His head was exactly the shape of an egg, and he always perched it a little on one side. His moustache was very stiff and military. The neatness of his attire was almost incredible. I believe a speck of dust would have caused him more pain than a bullet wound. Yet this quaint dandyfied little man who, I was sorry to see, now limped badly, had been in his time one of the most celebrated members of the Belgian police. As a detective, his flair had been extraordinary, and he had achieved triumphs by unravelling some of the most baffling cases of the day. "

― Agatha Christie , The Mysterious Affair at Styles (Hercule Poirot, #1)

18 " Hasting - There are times when it is one's duty to assert oneself. "

― Agatha Christie , The Mysterious Affair at Styles (Hercule Poirot, #1)

19 " If the fact will not fit the theory - let the theory go "

― Agatha Christie , The Mysterious Affair at Styles (Hercule Poirot, #1)

20 " My dear Poirot, it's not for me to dictate to you. You have a right to your own opinion, just as I have mine. "

― Agatha Christie , The Mysterious Affair at Styles (Hercule Poirot, #1)