Poirot," I said. "I have been thinking." "An admirable exercise my friend. Continue it.
Agatha ChristieRead
Authors were shy, unsociable creatures, atoning for their lack of social aptitude by inventing their own companions and conversations.
Interpretation
Writers often compensate for their social shortcomings by creating fictional characters and dialogues.
This quote by Agatha Christie highlights the tendency of authors to be introverted or socially awkward, turning to their imagination as a means of companionship. By inventing characters and conversations, writers find a way to connect with others and express their thoughts, illustrating the complex relationship between creativity and social interaction.
In practice
In a discussion about introverted personalities, I might quote Christie to illustrate how some express themselves through writing.
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
Some people like what you do, some people hate what you do, but most people simply don't give a damn.
I don't want to go on being a root in the dark, vacillating, stretched out, shivering with sleep, downward, in the soaked guts of the earth, absorbing and thinking, eating each day.
Ships that pass in the night, and speak each other in passing, only a signal shown, and a distant voice in the darkness; So on the ocean of life, we pass and speak one another, only a look and a voice, then darkness again and a silence.
And I think now that fate is shaped half by expectation, half by inattention. But somehow, when you lose something you love, faith takes over. -Rose
You wake up one morning, those years are gone. There's a comfort in this fact perhaps. I want to think that there must be comfort in all facts we can't alter.
Life becomes harder for us when we live for others, but it also becomes richer and happier.
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