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The Man in the Brown Suit

Agatha Christie

Top 10 Best 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.”

“What good is money if it can't buy happiness?”

“A diary is useful for recording the idiosyncrasies of other people—but not one’s own.”

“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.”

“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.”

“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.”

“Suzanne likes thrills, but she hates being uncomfortable.”

“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.”

“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.”

“No, doctor, I'm going to London. If things happen anywhere, they happen in London.”

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Book Keywords:

money, happiness, men, latin, love, translation, romance, wealth

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