Agatha Christie - The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (1926)

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Understand this, I mean to arrive at the truth. The truth, however ugly in itself, is always curious and beautiful to seekers after it.

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The things young women read nowadays and profess to enjoy positively frighten me.

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It is odd how, when you have a secret belief of your own which you do not wish to acknowledge, the voicing of it by someone else will rouse you to a fury of denial.

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How tedious is retirement! You cannot imagine to yourself the monotony with which day comes after day.

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It is completely unimportant. That is why it is so interesting!

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Never worry about what you say to a man. They're so conceited that they never believe you mean it if it's unflattering.

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I have no pity for myself either. So let it be veronal. But I wish Hercule Poirot had never retired from work and come here to grow vegetable marrows.

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