Agatha Christie

Books and Quotes Collection

Murder on the Orient Express

1934

'A pale mauve abba such as you buy in the East.'

'It's just natural for the folks here to be indolent,' she said. 'They just haven't got any hustle in them.'

Agatha Christie: An Autobiography

1977

An indulgent playmate, Grannie would lay aside the long scratchy-looking letter she was writing (heavily crossed ‘to save notepaper’) and enter into the delightful pastime of ‘a chicken from Mr Whiteley's’.

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Murder on the Orient Express

Agatha Christie: An Autobiography