The Man in the Brown Suit Quotes

“It is really a hard life. Men will not be nice to you if you are not good-looking, and women will not be nice to you if you are.”
― Agatha Christie, The Man in the Brown Suit

“What good is money if it can't buy happiness?”
― Agatha Christie, The Man in the Brown Suit

“A diary is useful for recording the idiosyncrasies of other people—but not one’s own.”
― Agatha Christie, The Man in the Brown Suit

“I had the firm conviction that, if I went about looking for adventure, adventure would meet me halfway. It is a theory of mine that one always gets what one wants.”
― Agatha Christie, The Man in the Brown Suit

“I dare say it is good for one now and again to realize what an idiot one can be! But no one relishes the process.”
― Agatha Christie, The Man in the Brown Suit

“Men are so superior about their Latin," said Mrs. Blair. "But all the same I notice that when you ask them to translate inscriptions in old churches, they can never do it! They hem and haw, and get out of it somehow.”
― Agatha Christie, The Man in the Brown Suit

“Suzanne likes thrills, but she hates being uncomfortable.”
― Agatha Christie, The Man in the Brown Suit

“He had false teeth that clicked when he ate. Many men have been hated for less.”
― Agatha Christie, The Man in the Brown Suit

“The Beddingfeld girl was deep in conversation with the missionary parson, Chichester. Women always flutter round parsons.”
― Agatha Christie, The Man in the Brown Suit

“That’s how they do it, these girls! Othello charmed Desdemona by telling her stories, but, oh, didn’t Desdemona charm Othello by the way she listened?”
― Agatha Christie, The Man in the Brown Suit

“It was very like a dream. Like all dreamers, however, I could not let my dream alone. We poor humans are so anxious not to miss anything.”
― Agatha Christie, The Man in the Brown Suit

“My Great-aunt Jane always used to say that a true lady was neither shocked nor surprised at anything that might happen,” I murmured dreamily. “I endeavour to live up to her precepts.”
― Agatha Christie, The Man in the Brown Suit

“Guy Pagett is my secretary, a zealous, painstaking, hardworking fellow, admirable in every respect. I know no one who annoys me more. For a long time I have been racking my brains as to how to get rid of him. But you cannot very well dismiss a secretary because he prefers work to play, likes getting up early in the morning, and has positively no vices. The only amusing thing about the fellow is his face. He has the face of a fourteenth-century poisoner—the sort of man the Borgias got to do their odd jobs for them.”
― Agatha Christie, The Man in the Brown Suit

“You know I want you. You know that I’d give my soul to pick you up in my arms and keep you here, hidden away from the world, forever and ever.”
― Agatha Christie, The Man in the Brown Suit

“No, doctor, I'm going to London. If things happen anywhere, they happen in London.”
― Agatha Christie, The Man in the Brown Suit

“She was a very good, kind woman. I could not have continued to live in the same house with her, but I did recognize her intrinsic worth.”
― Agatha Christie, The Man in the Brown Suit

“I wonder if husbands know as much about their wives as they think they do. If I had a husband, I should hate him to bring home orphans without consulting me first.”
― Agatha Christie, The Man in the Brown Suit

“We never seemed to have any money. His celebrity was not of the kind that brought in a cash return. Although he was a fellow of almost every important society and had rows of letters after his name, the general public scarcely knew of his existence, and his long-learned books, though adding signally to the sum total of human knowledge, had no attraction for the masses.”
― Agatha Christie, The Man in the Brown Suit

“But there are many fools in the world. One praises God for their existence and keeps out of their way.”
― Agatha Christie, The Man in the Brown Suit

“A man who has shot lions in large quantities has an unfair advantage over other men.”
― Agatha Christie, The Man in the Brown Suit

“I disliked Chichester. He had false teeth that clicked when he ate. Many men have been hated for less.”
― Agatha Christie, The Man in the Brown Suit

“He takes everything seriously. That is what makes him so difficult to live with.”
― Agatha Christie, The Man in the Brown Suit

“He’s like all the rest of these people; they make inflammatory speeches of enormous length, solely for political purposes, and then wish they hadn’t.”
― Agatha Christie, The Man in the Brown Suit

“Because of his face.” “His face? But—” “Yes, I know what you’re going to say. It’s a sinister face. That’s just it. No man with a face like that could be really sinister. It must be a colossal joke on the part of Nature.”
― Agatha Christie, The Man in the Brown Suit

“I walked into Cartwright’s and ordered two coffee ice cream sodas—to steady my nerves. A man, I suppose, would have had a stiff peg; but girls derive a lot of comfort from ice cream sodas. I applied myself to the end of the straw with gusto. The cool liquid went trickling down my throat in the most agreeable manner. I pushed the first glass aside empty.”
― Agatha Christie, The Man in the Brown Suit

“I objected vigorously to this unsporting proposal. I recognized in it the disastrous effects of matrimony. How often have I not heard a perfectly intelligent female say, in the tone of one clinching an argument, “Edgar says—” And all the time you are perfectly aware that Edgar is a perfect fool. Suzanne, by reason of her married state, was yearning to lean upon some man or other.”
― Agatha Christie, The Man in the Brown Suit

“Having adventures,” I replied. “Episode III of ‘The Perils of Pamela.’ ” I told her the whole story. She gave vent to a deep sigh when I finished. “Why do these things always happen to you?” she demanded plaintively. “Why does no one gag me and bind me hand and foot?” “You wouldn’t like it if they did,” I assured her. “To tell you the truth, I’m not nearly so keen on having adventures myself as I was. A little of that sort of thing goes a long way.”
― Agatha Christie, The Man in the Brown Suit

“It was on the fourth day that the stewardess finally urged me up on deck. Under the impression that I should die quicker below, I had steadfastly refused to leave my bunk. She now tempted me with the advent of Madeira. Hope rose in my breast. I could leave the boat and go ashore and be a parlourmaid there. Anything for dry land.”
― Agatha Christie, The Man in the Brown Suit

“Several very suprising things have occurred. To begin with, I met Augustus Milray, the most perfect example of an old ass the present Government has produced. His manner oozed diplomatic secrecy as he drew me aside in the Club into a quiet corner.”
― Agatha Christie, The Man in the Brown Suit

“Caroline is the lady who cooks for me. Incidentally she is the wife of my gardener. What kind of a wife she makes I do not know, but she is an excellent cook. James, on the other hand, is not a good gardener—but I support him in idleness and give him the lodge to live in solely on account of Caroline’s cooking.”
― Agatha Christie, The Man in the Brown Suit