The Secret of Chimneys

“What a lot of funny people it does take to make a world.””

— Agatha Christie

“When I want to get anywhere, I usually do.””

— Agatha Christie

“I wouldn't go so far as to say I've got a plan. But I've got an idea. It's a very useful thing sometimes, an idea. - Superintendent Battle””

— Agatha Christie

“No woman respects a man when he's doing a thing thoroughly badly.””

— Agatha Christie

“As far as it is possible for one upright Christian gentleman to dislike another upright Christian gentleman, Lord Caterham disliked the Hon. George Lomax.””

— Agatha Christie

“But, mind you, very few people would understand that point of view. Most people, you see, haven't got any imagination””

— Agatha Christie

“Hence King’s Messengers and all that. In medieval days you gave a fellow a signet ring as a sort of open sesame. ‘The King’s Ring! Pass, my lord!’ And usually it was the other fellow who had stolen it. I always wonder why some bright lad never hit on the expedient of copying the ring”

— Agatha Christie

“But that's the worst of these attractive young women with affectionate dispositions. They'll say anything, and they mean absolutely nothing by it.””

— Agatha Christie

“I'm the kind of person who marries enthusiastically if they marry at all.””

— Agatha Christie