Midwinter Murder Quotes

“But there are three people, madame, to whom a woman should speak the truth. To her Father Confessor, to her hairdresser and to her private detective – if she trusts him.”
― Agatha Christie, Midwinter Murder: Fireside Tales from the Queen of Mystery

“What are the years from twenty to forty? Fettered and bound by personal and emotional relationships. That’s bound to be. That’s living. But later there’s a new stage. You can think, observe life, discover something about other people and the truth about yourself. Life becomes real—significant. You see it as a whole. Not just one scene—the scene you, as an actor, are playing. No man or woman is actually himself (or herself) till after forty-five. That’s when individuality has a chance.”
― Agatha Christie, Midwinter Murder: Fireside Tales from the Queen of Mystery

“end like poor Sir George Wode.’ ‘You have a soft spot for that old horse coper–probably”
― Agatha Christie, Midwinter Murder: Fireside Mysteries from the Queen of Crime

“him”
― Agatha Christie, Midwinter Murder: Fireside Tales from the Queen of Mystery

“Mrs Boyle liked comfort, but she also liked to find fault. The latter was, perhaps, the stronger passion of the two.”
― Agatha Christie, Midwinter Murder: Fireside Tales from the Queen of Mystery

“No man or woman is actually himself (or herself) till after forty-five. That’s when individuality has a chance.”
― Agatha Christie, Midwinter Murder: Fireside Tales from the Queen of Mystery