Christie, Agatha

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From: The Oxford Dictionary of Modern Quotations
Date: 20040101
Author:ELIZABETH KNOWLES

Christie, Agatha 1890–1976 English writer of detective fiction on Christie: see Thomas
1. He [Hercule Poirot] tapped his forehead. ‘These little grey cells. It is “up to them”.’ The Mysterious Affair at Styles (1920)


2. I'm a sausage machine, a perfect sausage machine. G. C. Ramsey Agatha Christie (1972)

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