Poirot," I said. "I have been thinking." "An admirable exercise my friend. Continue it.
Agatha ChristieRead
Where do one's fears come from? Where do they shape themselves? Where do they hide before coming out into the open?
Interpretation
This quote prompts introspection about the origins and manifestations of fear.
Agatha Christie's quote invites us to explore the complex nature of fearβits origins, how it develops, and the hidden aspects that often go unexamined until they are confronted. It encourages a deep reflection on the psychological mechanisms that shape our fears and the importance of bringing them into awareness to understand and overcome them.
In practice
In a psychology class discussing the nature of fear and anxiety.
Poirot," I said. "I have been thinking." "An admirable exercise my friend. Continue it.
Best of an island is once you get there - you can't go any farther...you've come to the end of things.
Where large sums of money are concerned, it is advisable to trust nobody.
I have wanted . . . to commit a murder myself. I recognized this as the desire of the artist to express himself! . . . But-incongruous as it may seem to some-I was restrained and hampered by my innate sense of justice. The innocent must not suffer.
Sitting here with one's knitting, one just sees the facts. -"The Blood-Stained Pavement
No, my friend, I am not drunk. I have just been to the dentist, and need not return for another six months! Is it not the most beautiful thought? --Poirot
You must be a lotus, unfolding its petals when the sun rises in the sky, unaffected by the slush where it is born or even the water which sustains it!
When all is said and done, and statesmen discuss the future of the world, the fact remains that people fight these wars.
When a person becomes a legend, the very thing that makes them human and knowable is killed off, so it's like being killed over and over and over again, for all eternity.
You who read me, are You sure of understanding my language?
Our science, so called, is always more barren and mixed with error than our sympathies.
A book has to dig through the wounds, more, it has cause a new one, a book it has to be dangerous.
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