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“Everyone is a potential murderer-in everyone there arises from time to time the wish to kill-though not the will to kill.”
― Curtain
― Curtain

“It is the brain, the little gray cells on which one must rely. One must seek the truth within--not without." ~ Poirot”
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“You've a pretty good nerve," said Ratchett. "Will twenty thousand dollars tempt you?"
It will not."
If you're holding out for more, you won't get it. I know what a thing's worth to me."
I, also M. Ratchett."
What's wrong with my proposition?"
Poirot rose. "If you will forgive me for being personal - I do not like your face, M. Ratchett," he said.”
― Murder on the Orient Express
It will not."
If you're holding out for more, you won't get it. I know what a thing's worth to me."
I, also M. Ratchett."
What's wrong with my proposition?"
Poirot rose. "If you will forgive me for being personal - I do not like your face, M. Ratchett," he said.”
― Murder on the Orient Express

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

“At the small table, sitting very upright, was one of the ugliest old ladies he had ever seen. It was an ugliness of distinction - it fascinated rather than repelled.”
― Murder on the Orient Express
― Murder on the Orient Express

“Trains are relentless things, aren't they, Monsieur Poirot? People are murdered and die, but they go on just the same. I am talking nonsense, but you know what I mean."
"Yes, yes, I know. Life is like a train, Mademoiselle. It goes on. And it is a good thing that that is so."
"Why?"
"Because the train gets to its journey's end at last, and there is a proverb about that in your language, Mademoiselle."
"'Journey's end in lovers meeting.'" Lenox laughed. "That is not going to be true for me."
"Yes--yes, it is true. You are young, younger than you yourself know. Trust the train, Mademoiselle, for it is le bon Dieu who drives it."
The whistle of the engine came again.
"Trust the train, Mademoiselle," murmured Poirot again. "And trust Hercule Poirot. He knows.”
― The Mystery of the Blue Train
"Yes, yes, I know. Life is like a train, Mademoiselle. It goes on. And it is a good thing that that is so."
"Why?"
"Because the train gets to its journey's end at last, and there is a proverb about that in your language, Mademoiselle."
"'Journey's end in lovers meeting.'" Lenox laughed. "That is not going to be true for me."
"Yes--yes, it is true. You are young, younger than you yourself know. Trust the train, Mademoiselle, for it is le bon Dieu who drives it."
The whistle of the engine came again.
"Trust the train, Mademoiselle," murmured Poirot again. "And trust Hercule Poirot. He knows.”
― The Mystery of the Blue Train

“Poirot said placidly, 鈥淥ne does not, you know, employ merely the muscles. I do not need to bend and measure the footprints and pick up the cigarette ends and examine the bent blades of grass. It is enough for me to sit back in my chair and think. It is this 鈥� 鈥� he tapped his egg-shaped head 鈥� 鈥渢his, that functions!”
― Five Little Pigs
― Five Little Pigs

“There is no telling what a human character is. Until the test comes. To most of us the test comes early in life. A man is confronted quite soon with the necessity to stand on his own feet, to face dangers and difficulties and to take his own line of dealing with them. It may be the straight way, it may be the crooked way --- whichever it is, a man usually learns early just what he is made of.”
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“But Aunt Maureen makes smashing omelettes." Julia Upjohn.
"She makes smashing omelettes." Poirot's voice was happy. He sighed.
"Then Hercule Poirot has not lived in vain, he said. It was I who taught your Aunt Maureen to make an omelette.”
― Cat Among the Pigeons
"She makes smashing omelettes." Poirot's voice was happy. He sighed.
"Then Hercule Poirot has not lived in vain, he said. It was I who taught your Aunt Maureen to make an omelette.”
― Cat Among the Pigeons

“Do you believe in the value of truth, my dear, or don鈥檛 you?鈥�
鈥淥f course I believe in the truth,鈥� said Rhoda, staring.
鈥淵es, you say that, but perhaps you haven鈥檛 thought about it. The truth hurts sometimes 鈥� and destroys one鈥檚 illusions.鈥�
鈥淚鈥檇 rather have it all the same.鈥� said Rhoda.
鈥淪o would I. But I don鈥檛 know that we鈥檙e wise.”
― Cards on the Table
鈥淥f course I believe in the truth,鈥� said Rhoda, staring.
鈥淵es, you say that, but perhaps you haven鈥檛 thought about it. The truth hurts sometimes 鈥� and destroys one鈥檚 illusions.鈥�
鈥淚鈥檇 rather have it all the same.鈥� said Rhoda.
鈥淪o would I. But I don鈥檛 know that we鈥檙e wise.”
― Cards on the Table

“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. Popular feeling is very often sentimental, muddleheaded, and eminently unsound, but it cannot be disregarded for all that.”
― Murder in the Mews
― Murder in the Mews

“Miss Bulstrode had another faculty which demonstrated her superiority over most other women. She could listen.”
― Cat Among the Pigeons
― Cat Among the Pigeons

“My dear Poirot, it's not for me to dictate to you. You have a right to your own opinion, just as I have mine.”
― The Mysterious Affair at Styles
― The Mysterious Affair at Styles

“Don't you know, you idiot, that that is what every fool of a woman says about her child?
Miss Bulstrode's thoughts.”
― Cat Among the Pigeons
Miss Bulstrode's thoughts.”
― Cat Among the Pigeons

“Well,鈥� said Adam, as Poirot went out. 鈥淔irst girls鈥� knees, and now draughtsmanship! What next, I wonder!”
― Cat Among the Pigeons
― Cat Among the Pigeons

“Excuse me, Monsieur Poirot. If you'd like to ask any questions, I'm sure the doctor wouldn't mind.
Of course not. Of course not. Great admirer of yours, Monsieur Poirot. Little gray cells -- order and method. I know all about it.”
― Cards on the Table
Of course not. Of course not. Great admirer of yours, Monsieur Poirot. Little gray cells -- order and method. I know all about it.”
― Cards on the Table

“[...] Because, in all this house of mourning, yours are the only eyes that have wept.”
― The Mysterious Affair at Styles / Poirot Investigates
― The Mysterious Affair at Styles / Poirot Investigates

“Such a one is encased, is he not, in an armour鈥攕uch an armour! The armour of the crusaders was nothing to it鈥攁n armour of arrogance, of pride, of complete self-esteem. This armour, it is in some ways a protection, the arrows, the everyday arrows of life glance off it. But there is this danger; Sometimes a man in armour might not even know he was being attacked. He will be slow to see, slow to hear鈥攕lower still to feel.”
― Dead Man's Mirror: a Hercule Poirot Short Story
― Dead Man's Mirror: a Hercule Poirot Short Story

“I am a very bad friend.'
'Why do you say that?'
'Because it is true. I am charming to my friends one day, and forget all about them the next.”
― The Mysterious Affair at Styles
'Why do you say that?'
'Because it is true. I am charming to my friends one day, and forget all about them the next.”
― The Mysterious Affair at Styles

“[...] Still, it's rather horrid when no one loves you, isn't it?”
― The Mysterious Affair at Styles
― The Mysterious Affair at Styles

“What will you? When one is unique, one knows it! And others share that opinion -- even, if I mistake not, Miss Mary Marvell.”
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“Mon ami, kalau kau ingin menangkap kelinci, kau harus memasukkan musang ke liangnya, dan kalau kelinci itu benar ada di dalam situ-dia pasti lari. Cuma itu yang kulakukan.”
― Murder on the Orient Express
― Murder on the Orient Express

“She is anxious that no one should disturb the sleeping dogs. I, my good George, I go to disturb them, I go to make the dog fight! There is drama there.”
― The Under Dog and Other Stories
― The Under Dog and Other Stories
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