Agatha Christie

I have sometimes been wildly, despairingly, acutely miserable, racked with sorrow, but through it all I still know quite certainly that just to be alive is a grand thing.

Where large sums of money are concerned, it is advisable to trust nobody.

There's too much tendency to attribute to God the evils that man does of his own free will.

The best time to plan a book is while you're doing the dishes.

Crime is terribly revealing. Try and vary your methods as you will, your tastes, your habits, your attitude of mind, and your soul is revealed by your actions.

An archaeologist is the best husband a woman can have. The older she gets the more interested he is in her.