Dead Man's Folly Quotes

“You can’t get away from facing truth just by running away from it.’

‘No, it is never any good running away.”
― Agatha Christie, Dead Man's Folly

“These tycoons," said the latter bitterly, "can't understand first principles." He delivered a final kick to the lopsided Folly. "If the foundations are rotten—everything's rotten.”

"It is profound what you say there," said Poirot. "Yes, it is profound.”
― Agatha Christie, Dead Man's Folly

“Well, if you know anything at all about writers, you'll know that they can't stand suggestions. People say "Splendid, but wouldn't it be better if so and so did so and so?' or ‘Wouldn't it be a wonderful idea if the victim was A instead of B? Or the murderer turned out to be D instead of E?' I mean, one wants to say: 'All right then, write it yourself if you want it that way!”
― Agatha Christie, Dead Man's Folly