Poirot," I said. "I have been thinking." "An admirable exercise my friend. Continue it.
Agatha ChristieRead
It is a curious thought, but it is only when you see people looking ridiculous that you realize just how much you love them.
Interpretation
Love is often revealed when we notice the imperfections of others.
This quote by Agatha Christie suggests that true love encompasses an understanding and acceptance of people's flaws, often highlighted in moments that may seem absurd or ridiculous. It emphasizes the idea that our affection for others is deepened when we witness their vulnerabilities or quirks, allowing us to embrace their humanity fully.
In practice
In a wedding speech where the speaker reflects on the quirks that make their partner unique.
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
A kiss may not be the truth, but it is what we wish were true.
She leaned forward and kissed me on the lips. He mouth was cold, her lips rough from the winter wind, and if the mystics are right and we are doomed to repeat our squalid lives ad infinitum, at least I will always return to that kiss
All she wanted was to be a little girl, to be efficiently taken care of by some yielding yet superior power, stupider and steadier than herself. It seemed that the only lover she had ever wanted was a lover in a dream
Iβve not learned the acceptable way of saying you fascinate me...Iβve not even learned how to say I like you without frightening people away-
Love, the life-giving garden of this world.
My heart, the bird of the wilderness, has found its sky in your eyes. They are the cradle of the morning, they are the kingdom of the stars. My songs are lost in their depths. Let me but soar in that sky, in its lonely immensity. Let me but cleave its clouds and spread wings in its sunshine.
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