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The Pale Horse
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"The Pale Horse" Quotes

A woman investigates a mysterious list of names after hearing a dying woman's confession.

Quotes

Sometimes I think it is of more importance to be gracious and charming than to be wise.

Agatha Christie

wisdomgrace

It’s a mistake to think that emotions can be switched on and off like a tap.

Agatha Christie

emotions

It’s easier to be sensible than sensitive.

Agatha Christie

sensitivitysensibility

One’s life is very much what one makes it.

Agatha Christie

lifechoices

People who find themselves in extraordinary circumstances are less extraordinary than they think.

Agatha Christie

circumstances

We’re all of us creatures of the dark.

Agatha Christie

human nature

The only way to deceive a clever man is to make him think you are a bigger fool than he is.

Agatha Christie

deceptioncleverness

Many a woman has been in love with love rather than with its object.

Agatha Christie

loveromance

It’s a curious fact that people are never so trivial as when they take themselves seriously.

Agatha Christie

trivialityseriousness

The dead don’t talk. I wish they did, sometimes!

Agatha Christie

deathcommunication