There is no greater mistake in life than seeing things or hearing them at the wrong time.

You've a pretty good nerve," said Ratchett. "Will twenty thousand dollars tempt you?" It will not." If you're holding out for more, you won't get it. I know what a thing's worth to me." I, also M. Ratchett." What's wrong with my proposition?" Poirot rose. "If you will forgive me for being personal - I do not like your face, M. Ratchett," he said.

Evil is not something superhuman, it's something less than human.

Never go back to a place where you have been happy. Until you do it remains alive for you. If you go back it will be destroyed.

There are more important things than finding the murderer. And justice is a fine word, but it is sometimes difficult to say exactly what one means by it. In my opinion, the important thing is to clear the innocent. - Hercule Poirot

For in the long run, either through a lie, or through truth, people were bound to give themselves away.

That is why most great love stories are tragedies.