Agatha Christie

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've always believed in writing without a collaborator, because where two people are writing the same book, each believes he read more

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 young people think the old people are fools - but the old people know the young people are fools.

The young people think the old people are fools - but the old people know the young people are fools.

Curious things, habits. People themselves never knew they had them.

Curious things, habits. People themselves never knew they had them.

Too much mercy... often resulted in further crimes which were fatal to innocent victims who need not have been victims read more

Too much mercy... often resulted in further crimes which were fatal to innocent victims who need not have been victims if justice had been put first and mercy second.