At the small table, sitting very upright, was one of the ugliest old ladies he had ever seen. It was an ugliness of distinction - it fascinated rather than repelled.
Agatha ChristieThe amount of missing girls I've had to trace and their family and their friends always say the same thing. 'She was a bright and affectionate disposition and had no men friends'. That's never true. It's unnatural. Girls ought to have men friends. If not, then there's something wrong about them.
Agatha ChristieBest of an island is once you get there - you can't go any farther...you've come to the end of things.
Agatha ChristieIs there ever any particular spot where one can put one's finger and say, "It all began that day, at such a time and such a place, with such an incident?
Agatha Christie