Poirot Investigates

“One must have consideration for those less gifted than oneself.””

— Agatha Christie

“I pass over the spectacle of Poirot on a camel. He started by groans and lamentations and ended by shrieks, gesticulations and invocations to the Virgin Mary and every Saint in the calendar. In the end, he descended ignominiously and finished the journey on a diminutive donkey.””

— Agatha Christie

“Mon Dieu! It is that in this country you treat the affairs gastronomic with a criminal indifference.””

— Agatha Christie

“With method and logic one can accomplish anything!””

— Agatha Christie

“I disdained to argue, and entrenched my curiosity behind a rampart of pretended indifference.””

— Agatha Christie

“« [...] É il cervello, le piccole cellule grigie» si batté una mano sulla fronte, «la cosa su cui bisogna basarsi. I sensi inducono in errore. Bisogna cercare la verità dal di dentro, non dal di fuori.»””

— Agatha Christie

“You really have the best opinion of yourself of anyone I ever knew!’ I cried, divided between amusement and annoyance.””

— Agatha Christie

“And for five long hours the little man sat motionless, blinking his eyelids like a cat, his green eyes flickering and becoming steadily greener and greener.””

— Agatha Christie

“Dieu! It is that in this country you treat the affairs gastronomic with a criminal indifference.””

— Agatha Christie