Most successes are unhappy. That's why they are successes - they have to reassure themselves about themselves by achieving something that the world will notice.

Quote by Agatha Christie

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Instinct is a marvelous thing. It can neither be explained nor ignored.

Instinct is a marvelous thing. It can neither be explained nor ignored.

One of the luckiest things that can happen to you in life is, I think,...

One of the luckiest things that can happen to you in life is, I think,...

But surely for everything you have to love you have to pay some price.

But surely for everything you have to love you have to pay some price.

Every murderer is probably somebody's old friend.

Every murderer is probably somebody's old friend.

A mother's love for her child is like nothing else in the world. It knows...

A mother's love for her child is like nothing else in the world. It knows...

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

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

Sometimes been wildly, despairingly, acutely , racked with sorrow, but through it all I still...

Sometimes been wildly, despairingly, acutely , racked with sorrow, but through it all I still...

An archaeologist is the best husband a woman can have. The older she gets, the...

An archaeologist is the best husband a woman can have. The older she gets, the...

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

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

Like living. I have sometimes been wildly, despairingly, acutely miserable, racked with sorrow, but through...

Like living. I have sometimes been wildly, despairingly, acutely miserable, racked with sorrow, but through...

If one sticks too rigidly to one's principles, one would hardly see anybody.

If one sticks too rigidly to one's principles, one would hardly see anybody.

These little grey cells. It is up to them.

These little grey cells. It is up to them.

It is ridiculous to set a detective story in New York City. New York City...

It is ridiculous to set a detective story in New York City. New York City...

I've always believed in writing without a collaborator, because where two people are writing the...

I've always believed in writing without a collaborator, because where two people are writing the...

Very few of us are what we seem.

Very few of us are what we seem.

I married an archaeologist because the older I grow, the more he appreciates me.

I married an archaeologist because the older I grow, the more he appreciates me.

Crime is terribly revealing. Try and vary your methods as you will, your tastes, your...

Crime is terribly revealing. Try and vary your methods as you will, your tastes, your...