Dame Agatha Christie

(1890 - 1976) English author of detective fiction

Murder on the Orient Express

• "The impossible could not have happened, therefore the impossible must be possible in spite of appearances." -Hercule Poirot

• "Exactly! It is absurd - improbable - it cannot be. So I myself have said. And yet, my friend, there it is! one cannot escape from the facts." -Hercule Poirot

Attributed

• "An archaeologist is the best husband a woman can have; the older she gets the more interested he is in her."

• "It is ridiculous to set a detective story in New York City. New York City is itself a detective story."