Agatha Christie
Birthday: 15 September 1890, Torquay, Devon, England, UK
Birth Name: Agatha Mary Clarissa Miller
Agatha was born as "Agatha Mary Clarissa Miller" in 1890 to Frederick Alvah Miller and Clara Boehmer. Agatha was of American and British descent, her father being American and her mother Bri ...Show More
Crime is terribly revealing. Try and vary your methods as you will, your tastes, your habits, your a Show more
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. Hide
On childhood: One of the luckiest things that can happen to you in life is to have a happy childhood Show more
On childhood: One of the luckiest things that can happen to you in life is to have a happy childhood. Hide
One is left with the horrible feeling now that war settles nothing; that to win a war is as disastro Show more
One is left with the horrible feeling now that war settles nothing; that to win a war is as disastrous as to lose one. Hide
Regarding her ability to "grind out" the number of stories she did: "I'm a sausage machine, a perfec Show more
Regarding her ability to "grind out" the number of stories she did: "I'm a sausage machine, a perfect sausage machine." Hide
An archaelogist is the best husband a women can have. The older she gets the more interested he is i Show more
An archaelogist is the best husband a women can have. The older she gets the more interested he is in her. Hide
It is ridiculous to set a detective story in New York City. New York City is itself a detective stor Show more
It is ridiculous to set a detective story in New York City. New York City is itself a detective story. Hide
The best time to plan a book is while you're doing the dishes.
The best time to plan a book is while you're doing the dishes.
I have sometimes been wildly, despairingly, acutely miserable, racked with sorrow, but through it al Show more
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. Hide
Where large sums of money are concerned, it is advisable to trust nobody.
Where large sums of money are concerned, it is advisable to trust nobody.
One doesn't recognize the really important moments in one's life until it's too late.
One doesn't recognize the really important moments in one's life until it's too late.
On love: It is a curious thought, but it is only when you see people looking ridiculous, that you re Show more
On love: It is a curious thought, but it is only when you see people looking ridiculous, that you realize just how much you love them. Hide
If one sticks too rigidly to one's principles one would hardly see anybody.
If one sticks too rigidly to one's principles one would hardly see anybody.
I don't think necessity is the mother of invention - invention, in my opinion, arises directly from Show more
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. Hide
Curious things, habits. People themselves never know they had them.
Curious things, habits. People themselves never know they had them.
Every murderer is probably somebody's old friend.
Every murderer is probably somebody's old friend.
Evil is not something superhuman, it's something less than human.
Evil is not something superhuman, it's something less than human.
I specialize in murders of quiet, domestic interest.
I specialize in murders of quiet, domestic interest.
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