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"A mother's love for her child is like nothing else in the world. It knows no law, no pity, it dares all things and crushes down remorselessly all that stands in its path."
"I have enjoyed greatly the second blooming that comes when you finish the life of the emotions and of personal relations; and suddenly find - at the age of fifty, say - that a whole new life has opened before you, filled with things you can think about, study, or read about."
"It is ridiculous to set a detective story in New York City. New York City is itself a detective story."
"I've always believed in writing without a collaborator, because where two people are writing the same book, each believes he gets all the worry and only half the royalties."
"The happiness of one's own heart alone cannot satisfy the soul; one must try to include, as necessary to one's own happiness, the happiness of others."
"Everything must be taken into account. If the fact will not fit the theory - let the theory go."
"Live life with pace and balance. Work when it's time to work and play when it's time to play."
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"Crime is terribly revealing. Try and vary your methods - as you will sometimes fail, and sometimes succeed."
"The young people think the old people are fools - but the old people know the young people are fools."
"I don't think necessity is the mother of invention - invention, in my opinion, arises directly from idleness, possibly also from laziness. To save oneself trouble."
"I don't think at all; I just begin."
"Every murderer is probably somebody's old friend."
"I have sometimes been wildly, despairingly, acutely miserable, racked with sorrow; but through it all I still know quite certainly that just to be alive is a grand thing."
"One does not argue about The Wind in the Willows. The young man gives it to the girl with whom he is in love, and, if she does not like it, asks her to return his letters."
"Do you know it is a funny thing about life - if you refuse to accept anything but the best you very often get it."
"Any woman can be beautiful if she dresses well."
"I specialize in murders of quiet, domestic interest."
"There is nothing more thrilling in this world, I think, than having a child that is yours, and yet is mysteriously a stranger."
"I usually plan out my stories first. But of course, there is always room for the characters to change things."
"It is a curious thing that so many people who consider the Ten Commandments, and the practices of their religion as a groundwork for right living, don't apply those precepts to their economic life."
"Opportunity does not waste time with those who are unprepared."
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"People in love, it is well known, suffer extreme conceptual delusions, the most common of these being that other people find your condition as thrilling and eye-watering as you do yourself."
"Women-god bless their dear little hearts-'ave been brought up with a different attitude to the facts of life from what men 'ave."
"In my experience, coincidence has a kind of rhythm."
"Murder is always a mistake. One should never do anything that one cannot talk about after dinner."
"Poirot, I said. Do not race ahead so fast. I hear the softer footsteps of a man behind us."
"One can learn so much - even from talking to a cat. When my thoughts get muddy, I always talk to Tiddles."
"I like living. I have sometimes been wildly, despairingly, acutely miserable, racked with sorrow, but through it all, I still know quite certainly that just to be alive is a grand thing."
"I like work. It fascinates me. I can sit and look at it for hours."
"A mother’s love for her child is like nothing else in the world."
"The impossible could not have happened, therefore the impossible must be possible in spite of appearances."
"I like living. I have sometimes been wildly, despairingly, acutely miserable, racked with sorrow, but through it all I still know quite certainly that just to be alive is a grand thing."
"Words, madmoiselle, are only the outer clothing of ideas."
"Where large sums of money are concerned, it is advisable to trust nobody."
"The secret of getting ahead is getting started."
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"Very few of us are what we seem."
"Any truth is better than indefinite doubt."
"I have enjoyed greatly the second blooming… suddenly you find - at the age of 50, say - that a whole new life has opened before you."
"One of the saddest things in life, is the things one remembers."
"There's too much tendency to attribute to God the evils that man does of his own free will."
"Do you want to know the actual truth? Or is the truth too frightening?"
"Instinct is a marvelous thing. It can neither be explained nor ignored."
"One is left with the horrible feeling now that war settles nothing; that to win a war is as disastrous as to lose one."
"Curious things, habits. People themselves never knew they had them."
"If one sticks too rigidly to one's principles, one would hardly see anybody."
"Everything that has existed, lingers in the Eternity."
"The best time to plan a book is while you're doing the dishes."
"Everything may be labeled as something else by humans, but you know, a name does not alter the nature of the thing it names."
"Good advice is always certain to be ignored, but that's no reason not to give it."
"The simplest explanation is always the most likely."
"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."
"Time is the best killer."
"The best time for planning a book is while you're doing the dishes."
"I don't think necessity is the mother of invention. Invention, in my opinion, arises directly from idleness, possibly also from laziness - to save oneself trouble."
"Crime is terribly revealing. Try and vary your methods as you will, your tastes, your habits, your attitude of mind, and your soul is revealed by your actions."
"An archaeologist is the best husband any woman can have; the older she gets, the more interested he is in her."
"I like living. I have sometimes been wildly, despairingly, acutely miserable, racked with sorrow; but through it all I still know quite certainly that just to be alive is a grand thing."
"I've always believed in writing without a collaborator, because where two people are writing the same book, each believes he gets all the worries and only half the royalties."
"The happy people are failures because they are on such good terms with themselves they don't give a damn."
"It is a curious thought, but it is only when you see people looking ridiculous that you realize just how much you love them."
"One doesn't recognize the really important moments in one's life until it's too late."
"A mother's love for her child is like nothing else in the world. It knows no law, no pity, it dates all things and crushes down remorselessly all that stands in its path."
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