To every problem, there is a most simple solution.

The popular view that a child forgets easily is not an accurate one. Many people go right through life in the grip of an idea which has been impressed on them in very tender years.

I’m sorry, but I do hate this differentiation between the sexes. ‘The modern girl has a thoroughly businesslike attitude to life’ That sort of thing. It’s not a bit true! Some girls are businesslike and...

The popular idea that a child forgets easily is not an accurate one. Many people go right through life in the grip of an idea which has been impressed on them in very tender years.

Plots come to me at such odd moments, when I am walking along the street, or examining a hat shop…suddenly a splendid idea comes into my head.

Bottled, was he?” Said Colonel Bantry, with an Englishman’s sympathy for alcoholic excess. “Oh, well, can’t judge a fellow by what he does when he’s drunk? When I was at Cambridge, I remember I put...

The best time for planning a book is while you’re doing the dishes.

Poirot thought it not quite professional to begin a routine working day before ten.

When the sun shines you cannot see the moon,” he said. “But when the sun is gone ah,when the sun is gone.

Human nature is always interesting… And it’s curious to see how certain types always tend to act in exactly the same way.” – Miss Marple, The Herb of Death, Pg. 167

Tea! Bless ordinary everyday afternoon tea!

To rush into explanations is always a sign of weakness.

A statesman in these days has a difficult task. He has to pursue the policy he deems advantageous to his country, but he has at the same time to recognize the force of popular feeling....

If one could order a crime as one does a dinner, what would you choose? . . . Let’s review the menu. Robbery? Frogery? No, I think not. Rather too vegetarian. It must be murder—red-blooded...

… Hate isn’t creative.” – Dr. Stillinglfeet, Pg. 247

And anyway who the devil should I want to murder?””That would be a very good question,” said Miss Marple. “I have not yet had the pleasure of sufficient conversation with you to evolve a theory...

… it isn’t really guilt that is important – it’s innocence. … Some people may go through a lifetime crushed by the weight of a suspicion that is really unjustified.” – Sir Henry Clithering, The...

So would I. But I don’t know that we’re wise.”Mrs. Oliver; Rhoda Dawes

It’s Zero Hour now.

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...

When a man’s neck’s in danger, he doesn’t stop to think too much aboutsentiment.

Enemies! People these days don’t have enemies! Not English people!

Eh bien, then, you are crazy, or appear crazy or you think you are crazy, and possibly you may be crazy.

There was a moment when I changed from an amateur to a professional. I assumed the burden of a profession, which is to write even when you don’t want to, don’t much like what you’re...

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...

Mr. Satterthwaite looked cheered. Suddenly an idea struck him. His jaw fell. “My goodness,” he cried, “I’ve only just realized it! That rascal, with his poisoned cocktail! Anyone might have drunk it! It might have...

One always has hope for human nature

Got on! Got on! It’s not a question of getting on. That’s the wrong view altogether. The Classics aren’t a ladder leading to quick success.

Where do one’s fears come from? Where do they shape themselves? Where do they hide before coming out into the open?

Her sleep was enlivened by several dreams. One where Professor Wanstead’s bushy eyebrows fell off because they were not his own eyebrows, but false ones. As she woke again, her first impression was that which...

What an absurdity to go and bury oneself in South America, where they are always having revolutions.

Aku benci melihat orang yang merasa puas diri. Hal itu membangkitkan semua naluri jahatku.

Where there is murder, anything can happen.

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

Bagi sebagian orang kebenaran itu penting, sebab mereka dapat menerimanya. Mereka dapat menghadapi kebenaran dengan tabah – ketabahan yang hanya dimiliki orang-orang yang mengharapkan kehidupan yang cerah.

Sensationalism dies quickly, fear is long-lived.

There hung about her the restrained energy of a whiplash.

A man in love is an awful sight.

Intuition is like reading a word without having to spell it out. A child can’t do that because it has had so little experience. A grown-up person knows the word because they’ve seen it often...

But when you say crazy, that describes very well what the general appearance may be to ordinary, everyday people.

I mean, what can you say about how you write your books? What I mean is, first you’ve got to think of something, and then when you’ve thought of it you’ve got to force yourself...

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

When the sea goes down, there will come from the mainland boats and men. And they will find ten dead bodies and an unsolved problem on Indian Island.

Sesuatu yang baik tak pernah terlalu banyak, ketahuilah itu.

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...

It is odd how, when you have a secret belief of your own which you do not wish to acknowledge, the voicing of it by someone else will rouse you to a fury of denial.

The things young women read nowadays and profess to enjoy positively frighten me.

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.

Kebencian bisa membuat orang jadi buta– ya jadi buta. Tapi orang buta pun mungkin bisa menikam tepat di jantung.

I should have known when I first saw that picture. For it is a very remarkable picture. It is the picture of a murderess painted by her victim-it is the picture of a girl watching...