The Mystery of Three Quarters (New Hercule Poirot Mysteries, #3)

by Sophie Hannah

“She is the whirlwind most fierce,”

One ought to be able to brush the untruths aside, but somehow they take hold of the mind and cause a spectral form of guilt—like a ghost in the head, or in the conscience!

Allow a person to affect your emotions and your judgment suffered, always.

“Without knowing the motive, you can’t solve anything, and without understanding character, motive is unknowable.

no man can act in a way that is contrary to his own nature.”

Whatever the problem, I’m sure it’s not as bad as you think it is. Things generally aren’t, you know.”

I think it’s important to understand that one’s nearest and dearest are not perfect. If one cannot accept that . . . well, that way lies madness.”

“Every story needs an ending, mon ami. Even if we do not like the resolution, it is still necessary to finish what we have started.