The Mysterious Affair at Styles Quotes

“You know, Emily was a selfish old woman in her way. She was very generous, but she always wanted a return. She never let people forget what she had done for them—and, that way she missed love.”

― Agatha Christie, The Mysterious Affair at Styles

topic:love

“when you find that people are not telling you the truth—look out!”

― Agatha Christie, The Mysterious Affair at Styles

topic:truthhonestylie

“I am charming to my friends one day, and forget all about them the next.”

― Agatha Christie, The Mysterious Affair at Styles

topic:friendship

“You cannot mix up sentiment and reason.”

― Agatha Christie, The Mysterious Affair at Styles

topic:reason

“Who on earth but Poirot would have thought of a trial for murder as a restorer of conjugal happiness!”

― Agatha Christie, The Mysterious Affair at Styles

topic:marriage

“Sometimes, I feel sure he is as mad as a hatter; and then, just as he is at his maddest, I find there is method in his madness.”

― Agatha Christie, The Mysterious Affair at Styles

topic:madness

“You're an old woman, Emily, and there's no fool like an old fool.”

― Agatha Christie, The Mysterious Affair at Styles

topic:agefoolishness

“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.”

― Agatha Christie, The Mysterious Affair at Styles

topic:imaginationsimplicity

“You have a right to your own opinion, just as I have to mine.”

― Agatha Christie, The Mysterious Affair at Styles

topic:opinion

“Ah, my friend, one may live in a big house and yet have no comfort.”

― Agatha Christie, The Mysterious Affair at Styles

topic:comfort