Source: Death in the Clouds
“I like to inquire into everything. Hercule Poirot is a good dog.”
Hercule Poirot
Peril at End House (1932)
Context: I like to inquire into everything. Hercule Poirot is a good dog. The good dog follows the scent, and if, regrettably, there is no scent to follow, he noses around — seeking always something that is not very nice.
The Trouble With Being Born (1973)
“True love is like the appearance of ghosts: everyone talks about it but few have seen it.”
Il est du véritable amour comme de l'apparition des esprits: tout le monde en parle, mais peu de gens en ont vu.
Variant translation: With true love it's like with the appearance of ghosts: everyone talks about it but few have seen it.
Maxim 76.
Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims (1665–1678)
Pg 88
Becoming A Barbarian (2016)
Context: The modern individualist - egoist, even - usually still talks about what everyone else talks about when they are talking about it, operates within a comfort one of social norms and lives by himself in a way that is generally acceptable to what he calls, usually with some derision, "the herd." At his most individualistic, he is a troll, a heckler, a parasite. A troll can't be trusted, and should always be shunned and despised, even though it will only feed into his self-schema.
“Everyone talks about rock these days; the problem is they forget about the roll.”
““Tcha! Tcha!” cried Poirot irritably. “You argue like a child.””
The Mysterious Affair at Styles (1920)
Amy Leatheran
Murder in Mesopotamia (1936)
New York Herald Tribune (16 January 1958).
“Listen to how everyone is talking about you. You have to use it as fuel for motivation.”
