The popular idea that a child forgets easily is not an accurate one. Many people go right through life in the grip of an idea which has been impressed on them in very tender years.

Quote by Agatha Christie

It is completely unimportant. That is why it is so interesting!

It is completely unimportant. That is why it is so interesting!

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

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.

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.

Dogs are wise. They crawl away into a quiet corner and lick their wounds and...

Dogs are wise. They crawl away into a quiet corner and lick their wounds and...

Most successes are unhappy. That's why they are successes - they have to reassure themselves...

Most successes are unhappy. That's why they are successes - they have to reassure themselves...

Every murderer is probably somebody's old friend.

Every murderer is probably somebody's old friend.

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...

An archaeologist is the best husband any woman can have; the older she gets, the...

An archaeologist is the best husband any woman can have; the older she gets, the...

These little grey cells. It is up to them.

These little grey cells. It is up to them.

It is a curious thought, but it is only when you see people looking ridiculous...

It is a curious thought, but it is only when you see people looking ridiculous...

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...

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.

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.

I live now on borrowed time, waiting in the anteroom for the summons that will...

I live now on borrowed time, waiting in the anteroom for the summons that will...

Everything that has existed, lingers in the Eternity.

Everything that has existed, lingers in the Eternity.

I have sometimes been wildly, despairingly, acutely miserable, racked with sorrow, but through it all...

I have sometimes been wildly, despairingly, acutely miserable, racked with sorrow, but through it all...