One doesn't recognize the really important moments in one's life until it's too late. Agatha Christie
Dogs are wise. They crawl away into a quiet corner and lick their wounds and do not rejoin the world until they are whole once more. Agatha Christie
An archaeologist is the best husband a woman can have. The older she gets the more interested he is in her. Agatha Christie
There's too much tendency to attribute to God the evils that man does of his own free will. Agatha Christie
I have sometimes been wildly, despairingly, acutely miserable, racked with sorrow, but through it all I still know quite certainly that just to be alive is a grand thing. Agatha Christie
Human kindness is like a defective tap, the first gush may be impressive but the stream soon dries up. P.D. James
We English are good at forgiving our enemies; it releases us from the obligation of liking our friends. P.D. James
In 1930s mysteries, all sorts of motives were credible which aren't credible today, especially motives of preventing guilty sexual secrets from coming out. Nowadays, people sell their guilty sexual secrets. P.D. James
It was one of those perfect English autumnal days which occur more frequently in memory than in life. P.D. James