“Lad, no one feels ready. No one feels he deserves it. And you know why? Because no one does. It’s grace, pure and simple. We are inherently unworthy, simply because we’re human, and all human beings”
Quotes by Grace Christie
“.... she was like a flower.And suddenly, for a vivid minute, Hercule Poirot had a new conception ofthe dead girl. In that halting rustic voice the girl Mary lived and bloomedagain. "She was like a flower."There was suddenly a poignant sense of loss, of something exquisitedestroyed. In his mind phrase after phrase succeeded each other. PeterLord's "She was a nice kid." Nurse Hopkins's "She could have gone on thefilms any time." Mrs. Bishop's venomous "No patience with her airs andgraces." And now last, putting to shame, laying aside those other views,the quiet, wondering, "She was like a flower.””
“Strange as it was, he understood there was grace and strength in this pain; a reminder of what should never be forgotten.””
“How can you and I set about preventing a murder? You're about a hundred and I'm a broken-up old crock.””
Grace ChristieAnna Grace Ida Christie was an English embroiderer, teacher, and historian, renowned for her significant contributions to the field of embroidery in the early twentieth century. Born in 1872, she dedi...