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The Mystery of the Blue Train (Hercule Poirot, #5) QUOTES

The Mystery of the Blue Train (Hercule Poirot, #5) QUOTES

1 " A man when he is making up to anybody can be cordial and gallant and full of little attentions and altogether charming. But when a man is really in love he can't help looking like a sheep. "

― Agatha Christie , The Mystery of the Blue Train (Hercule Poirot, #5)

2 " But when a man is really in love he can't help looking like a sheep. Now whenever that young man looked he looked like a sheep I take back all is this morning. It is genuine. "

― Agatha Christie , The Mystery of the Blue Train (Hercule Poirot, #5)

3 " I do not argue with obstinate men. I act in spite of them. "

― Agatha Christie , The Mystery of the Blue Train (Hercule Poirot, #5)

4 " The expected has happened, and when the expected happens, it always causes me emotion. "

― Agatha Christie , The Mystery of the Blue Train (Hercule Poirot, #5)

5 " ...إن الرجل الطيب قد يهلكه حبه لامرأة سيئة - والعكس صحيح أيضا- فالرجل الشرير قد يهلكه حبه لامرأة طيبة "

― Agatha Christie , The Mystery of the Blue Train (Hercule Poirot, #5)

6 " Ah, mais c'est Anglais ca," he murmured, "everything in black and white, everything clear cut and well defined. But life, it is not like that, Mademoiselle. There are things that are not yet, but which cast their shadow before. "

― Agatha Christie , The Mystery of the Blue Train (Hercule Poirot, #5)

7 " I am not mad. I am eccentric perhaps--at least certain people say so; but as regards my profession. I am very much as one says, 'all there. "

― Agatha Christie , The Mystery of the Blue Train (Hercule Poirot, #5)

8 " You tell your lies and you think nobody knows. But there are two people who know. Yes- two people. One is le bon Dieu - and the other is Hercule Poirot "

― Agatha Christie , The Mystery of the Blue Train (Hercule Poirot, #5)

9 " those who have listened do not find it easy to talk; they keep their sorrows and joys to themselves and tell no one. "

― Agatha Christie , The Mystery of the Blue Train (Hercule Poirot, #5)

10 " 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. "

― Agatha Christie , The Mystery of the Blue Train (Hercule Poirot, #5)

11 " M. Van Aldin is an obstinate man," said Poirot drily. "I do not argue with obstinate men. I act in spite of them. "

― Agatha Christie , The Mystery of the Blue Train (Hercule Poirot, #5)

12 " Katherine Grey was born with the power of managing old ladies, dogs, and small boys, and she did it without any apparent sense of strain. "

― Agatha Christie , The Mystery of the Blue Train (Hercule Poirot, #5)

13 " A man when he is making up to anybody can be cordial and gallant and full of little attentions and altogether charming. But when a man is really in love, he can't help looking like a sheep. Now, whenever that young man looked at you, he looked like a sheep. I take back all I said this morning. It is genuine. "

― Agatha Christie , The Mystery of the Blue Train (Hercule Poirot, #5)

14 " In an Empire where rats ruled, he was the king of the rats. "

― Agatha Christie , The Mystery of the Blue Train (Hercule Poirot, #5)

15 " I never prophesy," he declared pompously. "It is true that I have the habit of being always right - but I do not boast of it. "

― Agatha Christie , The Mystery of the Blue Train (Hercule Poirot, #5)

16 " I was wrong about that young man of yours. A man when he is making up to anybody can be cordial and gallant and full of little attentions and altogether charming. But when a man is really in love, he can't help looking like a sheep. Now, whenever that young man looked at you, he looked like a sheep. I take back all I said this morning. It is genuine. "

― Agatha Christie , The Mystery of the Blue Train (Hercule Poirot, #5)

17 " 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.” “ ‘Journeys 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. "

― Agatha Christie , The Mystery of the Blue Train (Hercule Poirot, #5)

18 " L'amour, it causes many fatalities, does it not? "

― Agatha Christie , The Mystery of the Blue Train (Hercule Poirot, #5)

19 " -يا آنسة، هذه الأشياء يصعب التعبير عنها. عندما رأيتك أول مرة تقفين متفرجة على الحياة وكنت تبدين هادئة مستمتعة كمن يرقب رواية تقدم أمامه.
-والآن؟
-الآن أنت تراقبين المشهد، وقد يكون ما سأقوله مضحكًا، ولكن تبدو عليك نظرة الحرص التي تبدو على وجه مقاتل يقوم بلعبة صعبة "

― Agatha Christie , The Mystery of the Blue Train (Hercule Poirot, #5)

20 " سيدي، لو أن طبيبًا يسير في الطريق فوقعت حادثة، فهل يقول لنفسه: لقد اعتزلت عملي وسأمضي في طريقي، بينما هنالك شخص ينزف حتى الموت تحت قدميه؟ "

― Agatha Christie , The Mystery of the Blue Train (Hercule Poirot, #5)