Agatha Mary Clarissa Miller, known as Agatha Christie or also by her pseudonym, Mary Westmacott, was a writer and playwright of British origin, who established herself in the world of writing thanks to her detective novels.
She currently holds a Guinness record as the novelist with the most works sold (two billion copies), placing her in third place among best-selling authors, with her works translated into 103 languages. If you want to know the creative and sagacious mind behind all these achievements, read on; here we will review the best phrases of Agatha Christie commented.
1. Good advice is generally not taken into account, but that is no reason not to give it.
Good advice can be comforting, even if it is not followed.
2. The nature factor must never be neglected.
Nature is not separated from human actions.
3. Life, in reality, is a one-way street.
So look forward, towards the future you want to build.
4. Time is the best killer.
Time can be an ally or an enemy.
5. When there is no humility, people degrade themselves.
Lack of humility makes people become empty.
6. His strength lies in his will, not in his arm.
It is the will that makes us move forward.
7. Marry an archaeologist. The older you get, the more charming you will be.
Good advice about ‘the perfect man’.
8. I suspect everyone until the last minute.
Everyone is guilty until proven guilty.
9. You don’t recognize the really important moments in your life until it’s too late.
A mistake that we tend to repeat over and over again.
10. You don’t start with murder, with the desire to commit it, or even thinking about it. You start by simply being greedy, wanting to have more than you should receive.
The way crimes begin.
11. The impossible cannot have happened; Therefore, the impossible must be possible, despite appearances.
The impossible only exists in our minds.
12. If a problem is studied with order and method, there is no difficulty in solving it.
But first, you should focus on finding a solution instead of making the problem bigger.
13. Fate sometimes seems to mock human beings, taking pleasure in discovering what they would like to keep secret.
Secrets sooner or later are revealed.
14. Man is an unoriginal animal. Unoriginal within the law in his respectable daily life, and equally unoriginal outside the law.
For some it is preferable to imitate than to do something new.
15. It’s funny, but it’s only when you see people make fools of themselves that you realize how much you love them.
Have you experienced this moment with your loved ones?
16. People should be interested in books, not their authors.
You should not judge a book by its cover, or by its writer.
17. Conversations are always dangerous if you want to hide something.
When we are confident, we can tell the truth unconsciously.
18. Old sins have long shadows.
They are the regrets that weigh the most and torment us in the future.
19. Being humble is having your feet firmly on the ground.
What it really means to be humble.
20. I always thought it was better to write without a collaborator, because when two people are writing the same book, each one thinks they are taking all the worries and half of the profits.
Preferring to write on your own.
21. People get along and make a drama out of everything.
It is common to make a drama out of everything to make it more interesting.
22. What a woman sees in a man is beyond the comprehension of any average intelligent man. It is like this and there is nothing more.
Everyone has an irresistible attraction for other people.
23. The love of a mother for her child is like nothing in the world. She doesn’t know the law, she has no mercy. She dares all things and mercilessly crushes everything that stands in her way.
The love of a mother is perhaps one of the most sincere loves.
24. Young people think that old people are stupid, but old people know that young people are stupid.
Young people are stupid because they are reactionary and get carried away by the moment.
25. Every intelligent person should keep his thoughts to himself.
It is wise to know when to speak and when to be silent.
26. If you put your head in the mouth of a lion, then you will not be able to complain one day if he bites it.
It never hurts to be cautious, which is not the same as staying in your comfort zone.
27. An archaeologist is the best husband a woman could have. The older she gets, the more interested he is in her.
Agatha loved her second husband until the end, who showed her true love.
28. Rushing to explain is always a sign of weakness.
Do you think this will be true?
29. There is nothing more exhausting in the world than the person who is always right.
Sometimes they tend to be petulant people.
30. The best crimes for my novels have occurred to me while washing dishes.
The best time of day to imagine settings for your books.
31. Women unconsciously observe a thousand intimate details, without knowing what they are doing. Your subconscious mixes those little things with each other and they call that intuition.
That’s why they say women have a ‘sixth sense’.
32. Imagination is a good servant and a bad master. The simplest explanation is always the most likely.
It all depends on the way we use it.
33. If your dreams are not destined to come true, it is better to accept it in time and move on instead of focusing on broken hopes.
A wise piece of advice, if you have a goal that is impossible to achieve, it is better that you direct your course somewhere else that you can reach.
34. There are five of us in this room. One of us is the murderer.
Criminals may be in our immediate environment.
35. He had burst into my life like a shooting star, briefly entering my world.
Those short moments but that last in our minds.
36. Understand me well: I want to get to the truth. This, no matter how ugly it may be, is always curious and is beautiful to those who eagerly seek it.
The truth is preferable to any sugar-coated lie.
37. What gets me, always does, is how a man can be so smart and yet be such a perfect fool.
There will always be someone who is better and more agile than us.
38. The bad thing is that people are insatiable.
People always want more, they get carried away by their ambitions.
39. Two people rarely see the same thing.
Everyone has a peculiar way of perceiving things.
40. I know he’s probably always going to be like this, but I love him. I may be able to help you or maybe not. But I’m going to take that risk.
That vague hope of wanting to be able to change someone for the better.
41. From now on, duty orders us to suspect each other.
Suspicion is a feeling that is generated on every page of Agatha’s stories.
42. I know, from experience, that certain minutiae, family memories and other similar and intimate things, acquire great value for one over the years, as we grow older.
In old age we better appreciate all the events experienced in the past.
43. A woman can be a man’s help and the inspiration of his life, but she can also be his downfall.
Not all couples benefit from each other.
44. Our problems sharpen our eyes sometimes.
Sometimes problems make us see the world more clearly.
45. No artist, I now realize, can be satisfied with art alone. There is a natural desire for recognition, not profit.
Every artist wants to be recognized for their work.
46. ​​Life is hard work… It takes infinite courage and a lot of endurance. And in the end you wonder, was it worth it?
It is a question that everyone must answer on their own.
47. Instinct is a wonderful thing. It cannot be explained or ignored.
It is important to take instinct into account for various situations.
48. Never tell everything you know, not even to the person you know best.
It is better to keep the most important or intimate things for ourselves.
49. Remember, it is an original thought and can have valuable results.
Don’t underestimate the power of an idea you can develop.
50. If you want to relive the past, it will ultimately appear distorted.
We never remember things as they once happened.
51. There is no worse mistake in life than seeing or hearing works of art at the wrong time. For many, Shakespeare was spoiled only by having studied it in school.
Many young people hate reading, because of the heavy works that they are forced to read at school.
52. Sex cannot take the place of love, it goes along with love, but it cannot succeed on its own.
Sex does not represent a commitment to the other person. Unlike love.
53. Do you know, my friend, that each of us is a dark mystery, a labyrinth of conflicting passions and desire and aptitudes?
All people have secrets that we want to discover.
54. What is needed is a passion for the truth.
A fundamental element in all police work.
55. One can live in a big house and yet have no comfort.
Money does not usually fill those emotional voids that people have.
56. One of the saddest things in life is what you remember.
We tend to hold on to sad memories.
57. It’s clear that the books own the store rather than the other way around.
It is books that give life to any store.
58. I truly believe that, like so many liars, there is a real substratum of truth behind their lies.
They say that a good lie is one that contains some truth.
59. Just because you were born poor, you cannot guarantee that you will remain poor all your life.
Your origin does not necessarily determine your future.
60. One must make one’s own mistakes.
It is better to make your mistakes than to follow other people’s mistakes.
61. Too much modesty would prevent us from writing.
The writing that engages is that which is provocative.
62. Men always tell a lot of silly lies.
Is it possible that men don’t know how to lie?
63. I specialize in silent murders, of national interest.
The hook in Agatha’s stories.
64. Any woman can cheat on a man if she wants to and he is in love with her.
There are those who use a person’s love for their own interests.
65. Any coincidence deserves to be noticed. You can throw it away later if it’s just a coincidence.
Do you think coincidences exist?
66. The heart of a woman who loves will forgive many blows.
Many women are more compassionate than some men.
67. I learned, although I suppose I already knew it, that you should never try to go back, that the essence of life is to move forward.
When we go back, we get stuck in what we couldn’t live.
68. I understood that I could not be cured and that in the end a slow and painful death would come. I decided to live intensely until the fatal hour.
Sometimes it is better to accept our destiny to be at peace.
69. When a man’s neck is on the line, he doesn’t stop too long to think about feelings.
Respond first to your survival instincts.
70. You don’t know if you can do something or not until you try.
Trying is extremely difficult, but it is very necessary.
71. Wherever human nature exists, drama exists. It’s just not always how you imagine.
People love drama.
72. What really happens, most of the time, is that we know nothing about our neighbor at all.
People, even if we know them, can always surprise us.
73. Washing dishes turns anyone into a top-notch homicidal maniac.
An interesting way to find inspiration.
74. I have some experience in noticing when people tell lies.
If we pay attention to what others say, we can discover their lies.
75. Fear is incomplete knowledge.
Fear is a representation of how uncomfortable the unknown makes us.
76. One of the luckiest things that can happen to you in life is to have a happy childhood.
A happy childhood is insurance for a happy adulthood.
77. In life you necessarily have to take certain risks.
Risks can take us where we want to go.
78. Very few of us are what we seem.
We must be careful not to get carried away by appearances.
79. Everyone said: ‘Follow your heart.’ I did it, she broke.
Sometimes what we pursue is not what is best for us.
80. I like to live. At times I have felt wild, desperate, acutely miserable, tormented by pain; But despite everything, I still know for sure that being alive is a great thing.
Life is never static, that’s why we can feel in different ways.
81. Many successful people feel unhappy. That is why they are successful people: they must ensure themselves by achieving something that the world will notice.
Not all successful people are happy.
82. Everything that has ever existed lags behind in eternity.
All events that occur and will occur have their time.
83. Life seems more interesting to us when we are about to lose it.
We tend to appreciate things when they are almost finished.
84. The secret to always remaining current is to start at every moment.
A motivation to never stop trying.
85. Never do something that others can do for you.
It never hurts to ask for help and delegate tasks.
86. When will a woman lie? Sometimes for herself. Usually by the man she loves. Always for her children.
Women lie with a purpose.
87. If a man commits a crime, any other crime he commits will be very similar to it.
Many crimes are done in imitation of the actions of other criminals.
88. What is important and what is not? You can never tell. We have to pay attention to the smallest details.
Each person considers what is important in their life.
89. Life, like the train, my daughter keeps going! And it is fortunate that it is so
That is why the past should be left behind.
90. You should not judge anyone without having heard them first.
It is always important to hear all sides of the story.
91. Any feeling of attraction between a man and a woman begins with the amazing illusion that they both agree in their way of thinking.
Falling in love is an illusory magic that can progress to permanent love or be destroyed.
92. Evil is not something superhuman, it is something less than human.
Evil is a sign of baseness.
93. Evil never goes unpunished, but sometimes the punishment is secret.
Evil always pays, sooner or later, you have to respond to your actions.
94. Never return to a place where you have been happy before, if you return you will destroy it.
A strange piece of advice, sometimes the happiness of the past is not the same as the happiness of now.
95. The most reasonable thing that has been said about marriage and celibacy is this: whatever you do you will regret it.
An interesting relationship between both states.
96. Sadness is the cradle of inspiration for every writer.
Sadness is a natural feeling for a writer.
97. The best recipe for the detective novel: the detective should never know more than the reader.
The key to detective novels is that the detective fights to solve the case.
98. When it comes to large sums, it is best not to trust anyone.
It is always advisable to watch our backs.
99. The weak often show unexpected strength, and the strong sometimes succumb.
Difficult moments make us draw incredible strength.
100. An intelligent woman can become foolish in front of a particular man.
