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.