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