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Little Grey Cells: The Quotable Poirot
Discover the man behind the moustache in this book of one-liners by the world’s most famous Belgian detective, revealing the wit and wisdom of Hercule Poirot and his creator, Agatha Christie.
‘My name is Hercule Poirot and I am probably the greatest detective in the world.’
The dapper, moustache-twirling little Belgian with the egg-shaped head, curious mannerisms and inordinate respect for his own ‘little grey cells’ solved some of the twentieth century’s most puzzling crimes. But what do we really know about the eccentric genius underneath that fussy façade
Sometimes funny, often profound, and always revealing, this book of quotes and comments, from more than 50 Poirot novels and short stories, gives an entertaining glimpse of the man behind the moustache, and the wit and wisdom of the Queen of Crime who created him.
Includes an exclusive essay by Agatha Christie from the archives on her love/hate relationship with her most famous creation.
‘My name is Hercule Poirot and I am probably the greatest detective in the world.’
The dapper, moustache-twirling little Belgian with the egg-shaped head, curious mannerisms and inordinate respect for his own ‘little grey cells’ solved some of the twentieth century’s most puzzling crimes. But what do we really know about the eccentric genius underneath that fussy façade
Sometimes funny, often profound, and always revealing, this book of quotes and comments, from more than 50 Poirot novels and short stories, gives an entertaining glimpse of the man behind the moustache, and the wit and wisdom of the Queen of Crime who created him.
Includes an exclusive essay by Agatha Christie from the archives on her love/hate relationship with her most famous creation.
158 pages, Kindle Edition
First published September 10, 2015
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Agatha Christie
5,177 books75.5k followersAgatha Christie also wrote romance novels under the pseudonym Mary Westmacott, and was occasionally published under the name Agatha Christie Mallowan.
Dame Agatha Mary Clarissa Christie, Lady Mallowan, DBE (née Miller) was an English writer known for her 66 detective novels and 14 short story collections, particularly those revolving around fictional detectives Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple. She also wrote the world's longest-running play, the murder mystery The Mousetrap, which has been performed in the West End of London since 1952. A writer during the "Golden Age of Detective Fiction", Christie has been called the "Queen of Crime". She also wrote six novels under the pseudonym Mary Westmacott. In 1971, she was made a Dame (DBE) by Queen Elizabeth II for her contributions to literature. Guinness World Records lists Christie as the best-selling fiction writer of all time, her novels having sold more than two billion copies.
This best-selling author of all time wrote 66 crime novels and story collections, fourteen plays, and six novels under a pseudonym in romance. Her books sold more than a billion copies in the English language and a billion in translation. According to Index Translationum, people translated her works into 103 languages at least, the most for an individual author. Of the most enduring figures in crime literature, she created Hercule Poirot and Miss Jane Marple. She atuhored The Mousetrap, the longest-running play in the history of modern theater.
Associated Names:
Agata Christie
Agata Kristi
Агата Кристи (Russian)
Агата Крісті (Ukrainian)
Αγκάθα Κρίστι (Greek)
アガサ クリスティ (Japanese)
阿嘉莎·克莉絲蒂 (Chinese)
Dame Agatha Mary Clarissa Christie, Lady Mallowan, DBE (née Miller) was an English writer known for her 66 detective novels and 14 short story collections, particularly those revolving around fictional detectives Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple. She also wrote the world's longest-running play, the murder mystery The Mousetrap, which has been performed in the West End of London since 1952. A writer during the "Golden Age of Detective Fiction", Christie has been called the "Queen of Crime". She also wrote six novels under the pseudonym Mary Westmacott. In 1971, she was made a Dame (DBE) by Queen Elizabeth II for her contributions to literature. Guinness World Records lists Christie as the best-selling fiction writer of all time, her novels having sold more than two billion copies.
This best-selling author of all time wrote 66 crime novels and story collections, fourteen plays, and six novels under a pseudonym in romance. Her books sold more than a billion copies in the English language and a billion in translation. According to Index Translationum, people translated her works into 103 languages at least, the most for an individual author. Of the most enduring figures in crime literature, she created Hercule Poirot and Miss Jane Marple. She atuhored The Mousetrap, the longest-running play in the history of modern theater.
Associated Names:
Agata Christie
Agata Kristi
Агата Кристи (Russian)
Агата Крісті (Ukrainian)
Αγκάθα Κρίστι (Greek)
アガサ クリスティ (Japanese)
阿嘉莎·克莉絲蒂 (Chinese)
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January 28, 2022
Se não fossem os meus olhos rápidos, olhos de gato, Hercule Poirot poderia agora estar esmagado, uma calamidade terrível para o mundo. E você também, mon ami... apesar de isso não ser uma catástrofe nacional.
Sou uma fã incondicional da tia Agatha e Hercule Poirot é o meu personagem favorito dela. Como tal, teria e ter este livrinho no meu espólio. É um livro com algumas citações do pequeno em tamanho, mas gigante em ego, Hercule Poirot. E se ele tem um ego gigante! :D
No entanto, não me senti arrebatada pelas citações escolhidas, pois o que mais gosto em Poirot, além da sua inegável perspicácia e uso das células cinzentas, é da sua gabarolice e são poucas as citações em que vi essa característica refletida. Claro que poderia dar cinco estrelas, como fã incondicional, mas isso não iria refletir de forma honesta a minha experiência de leitura.
Sou uma fã incondicional da tia Agatha e Hercule Poirot é o meu personagem favorito dela. Como tal, teria e ter este livrinho no meu espólio. É um livro com algumas citações do pequeno em tamanho, mas gigante em ego, Hercule Poirot. E se ele tem um ego gigante! :D
No entanto, não me senti arrebatada pelas citações escolhidas, pois o que mais gosto em Poirot, além da sua inegável perspicácia e uso das células cinzentas, é da sua gabarolice e são poucas as citações em que vi essa característica refletida. Claro que poderia dar cinco estrelas, como fã incondicional, mas isso não iria refletir de forma honesta a minha experiência de leitura.
August 16, 2022
This little book collects together plenty of good quotes from Agatha Christie's famous Belgian detective. There are also a couple of essays from 1938 in which Christie explains how she feels about her most famous creation. Despite her love/hate relationship with Poirot it's nice to see her admit that she is "beholden to him financially."
March 14, 2024
‘I like an audience, I must confess. I am vain, you see. I am puffed up with conceit. I like to say, “See how clever is Hercule Poirot!”
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January 1, 2026
Tem bom coração por pensar num homem velho. E no final de contas, um bom coração vale por todas as pequenas células cinzentas.
«O Roubo de Joias no Grand Metropolitan.»
Porque no final de contas, menos é mais 🤍✨
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A vida é como um comboio, 'mademoiselle'. Continua. E é bom que assim seja. Porque o comboio chega por fim ao seu destino, e há um provérbio sobre isso na sua língua, 'mademoiselle'. "As viagens acabam com o encontro dos amantes." Confie no comboio, 'mademoiselle', pois é 'le bon Dieu' que o conduz. E confie em Hercule Poirot. Ele sabe.
«O Mistério do Comboio Azul»
Dieu réunit ceux qui s'aiment, «Hymne à l'amour», Édith Piaf ❤️
«O Roubo de Joias no Grand Metropolitan.»
Porque no final de contas, menos é mais 🤍✨
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A vida é como um comboio, 'mademoiselle'. Continua. E é bom que assim seja. Porque o comboio chega por fim ao seu destino, e há um provérbio sobre isso na sua língua, 'mademoiselle'. "As viagens acabam com o encontro dos amantes." Confie no comboio, 'mademoiselle', pois é 'le bon Dieu' que o conduz. E confie em Hercule Poirot. Ele sabe.
«O Mistério do Comboio Azul»
Dieu réunit ceux qui s'aiment, «Hymne à l'amour», Édith Piaf ❤️
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September 20, 2021"Sabe, meu amigo, que cada um de nós é um mistério obscuro, um labirinto de paixões, desejos e atitudes contraditórias? Mais oui, c'est vrai. Fazemos os nossos julgamentos, mas erramos nove em cada dez vezes... Até Hercule Poirot!"
A Morte de Lorde Edgware
146
Um livrinho só mesmo para os apaixonados de Poirot!
Nada de espantoso, nem isso se esperava, é um livro de citações, não é verdade?, mas um excelente divertimento, sem dúvida.
Já todos sabemos como o pequenino detetive belga pode ser vaidoso, arrogante, inflexível... por isso deixo aquela uma frase de Poirot que denota aquele um traço do seu caráter conhecido dos mais acérrimos admiradores:
"...no final de contas, um bom coração vale por todas as pequenas células cinzentas."
O Roubo de Joias no Grand Metropolitans
85
A Morte de Lorde Edgware
146
Um livrinho só mesmo para os apaixonados de Poirot!
Nada de espantoso, nem isso se esperava, é um livro de citações, não é verdade?, mas um excelente divertimento, sem dúvida.
Já todos sabemos como o pequenino detetive belga pode ser vaidoso, arrogante, inflexível... por isso deixo aquela uma frase de Poirot que denota aquele um traço do seu caráter conhecido dos mais acérrimos admiradores:
"...no final de contas, um bom coração vale por todas as pequenas células cinzentas."
O Roubo de Joias no Grand Metropolitans
85
November 13, 2015
Tem a cabeça do formato de um ovo, um espesso bigode hirsuto e sempre impecavelmente aparado, não é nada modesto, antipático quando o confundem com um francês, e está sempre se gabando da forma como usa as suas células cinzentas. O seu nome é Hercule Poirot e é provavelmente o melhor detective do mundo. Como surgiu este personagem? A resposta é revelada pela criadora do próprio e pode ser descoberta na introdução de 'Pequenas Células Cinzentas - Citações de Poirot', obra publicada pela HarperCollins sob o título 'Little Grey Cells'...
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December 24, 2020
As I mentioned when I reviewed Murder, She Said (the quote book devoted to the sayings and wisdom of Miss Jane Marple), I have a weakness for quotations. I'm always on the look-out for a nifty turn of the phrase, a profound thought, or even a humorous jest to add to the collection of quotes that I've amassed over the years. And, loving mysteries the way I do, I particularly enjoy finding good quotes in my detective fiction. So, when the books of quotations featuring Agatha Christie's two most famous sleuths came out, I naturally had to add the volumes to my small library of quote books.
It is a small book, but I spent a very pleasant hour reading Poirot's thoughts on everything from himself (oh, what modesty!) to Hastings, from Human Nature to Truth and Lies, and from Romance to Detective Work. It was nice to see quotations from the short stories as well as novels and the book gives us a well-rounded sample of snippets from the great detective.
First posted on my blog My Reader's Block.
It is a small book, but I spent a very pleasant hour reading Poirot's thoughts on everything from himself (oh, what modesty!) to Hastings, from Human Nature to Truth and Lies, and from Romance to Detective Work. It was nice to see quotations from the short stories as well as novels and the book gives us a well-rounded sample of snippets from the great detective.
First posted on my blog My Reader's Block.
August 26, 2019
Little Grey Cells
*Quotable Poirot* by Agatha Christie
Ah! The intriguing series of Quotes of Life, Crime, Love, Food and Wine and the general necessities of life are indeed an eye opener in this stylish miniature edition of collected and memorable dialogues uttered by none other than the revered Detective hercule Poirot,the finest creation of Agatha Christie. The foreword and the post script fits very well and informs the readers about Christie's personal thoughts about her creation. The collected quotes are simply fantastic, relatable and practically true. Pleasure reading this, inspired to read more of Christie's crime thrillers.
*Quotable Poirot* by Agatha Christie
Ah! The intriguing series of Quotes of Life, Crime, Love, Food and Wine and the general necessities of life are indeed an eye opener in this stylish miniature edition of collected and memorable dialogues uttered by none other than the revered Detective hercule Poirot,the finest creation of Agatha Christie. The foreword and the post script fits very well and informs the readers about Christie's personal thoughts about her creation. The collected quotes are simply fantastic, relatable and practically true. Pleasure reading this, inspired to read more of Christie's crime thrillers.
February 15, 2021
Mi chiamo Hercule Poirot. Probabilmente sono il più grande investigatore del mondo.
La soluzione di ogni mistero si trova nelle piccole cellule grigie del cervello...
La soluzione di ogni mistero si trova nelle piccole cellule grigie del cervello...
December 16, 2015
Eu sou daquelas pessoas que não gosta de livros de citações, mas quando soube que este livro tinha saído, ele fez automaticamente parte da minha wishlist.
Não sou fã de Poirot. De todas as personagens que Agatha Christie criou, o Poirot é a que mais me enfurece. Não gosto de pessoas narcísicas e falsos modestos, mas Poirot não é falso modesto: é claramente o oposto. Ele faz questão de dizer a todos o quão grande e brilhante ele é. É por esse motivo que não gosto dele.
Mesmo assim, este livro é delicioso, e fez-me rir imenso. Adorei-o!
Não é apenas a parte gráfica que considero excelente e tão bem feita. A divisão e arrumação que as citações levaram, foi excelente.
O trabalho está muito bem feito e o livro merece estar nas estantes de todos os amantes da dama do crime!
Não sou fã de Poirot. De todas as personagens que Agatha Christie criou, o Poirot é a que mais me enfurece. Não gosto de pessoas narcísicas e falsos modestos, mas Poirot não é falso modesto: é claramente o oposto. Ele faz questão de dizer a todos o quão grande e brilhante ele é. É por esse motivo que não gosto dele.
Mesmo assim, este livro é delicioso, e fez-me rir imenso. Adorei-o!
Não é apenas a parte gráfica que considero excelente e tão bem feita. A divisão e arrumação que as citações levaram, foi excelente.
O trabalho está muito bem feito e o livro merece estar nas estantes de todos os amantes da dama do crime!
June 1, 2020
While I am a fan of Agatha Christie, I am not a fan of Hercule Poirot. I find him arrogant and cruel. I can only take him in small doses, and this book of quotations delivers his pomposity in palatable amounts. A delightful little books for fans of the detective and of Dame Agatha.
February 7, 2016
This is a compilation of Hercule Poriot quotes, it is a must if you love Agatha Christie.
July 10, 2019
Hercule Poirot on minulle hävettävän uusi tuttavuus.
Mutta mitä parhain sellainen. Siispä ahmin Pienet harmaat aivosolut tunneissa kesäisessä ilta-auringossa. Hurmaava herrasmies (jonka herrasmieheydestä voidaan olla montaa mieltä).
Mutta mitä parhain sellainen. Siispä ahmin Pienet harmaat aivosolut tunneissa kesäisessä ilta-auringossa. Hurmaava herrasmies (jonka herrasmieheydestä voidaan olla montaa mieltä).
April 7, 2024
Great little book. Very much enjoyed his little quotes. They really showed his character and I liked the way it was divided into different headings. I liked Agatha s introduction of how she created him and how sometimes she was fed up with his conceit and pompous nature.
January 10, 2024
Ihan kivoja sitaatteja, mutta ei tästä hirmu paljon käteen jää. Luettu pikku hetkessä. Olisi parempi kokonaisuus, jos sitaatteja olisi enemmän ja jos niitä olisi kontekstualisoitu laajemmin.
August 13, 2017
"If you would only use the brains the good God has given you. Sometimes I really am tempted to believe that by inadvertence He passed you by."
"There is a golden rule in life - never do anything yourself that others can do for you."
"Les femmes... they are marvellous! Women observe subconsciously a thousand little details, without knowing that they are doing so. Their subconscious mind adds these little things together - and they call the result intuition."
"Life is like that! It does not permit you to arrange and order it as you will. It will not permit to escape emotion, to live by the intellect and by reason. You cannot say, "I will feel so much and no more." Life, whatever else it is, is not reasonable."
"No, my friend, I am not drunk. It is that I have been to the dentist, and need not return for another six months. It is a beautiful thought." IF THIS AIN'T ME
"There is a golden rule in life - never do anything yourself that others can do for you."
"Les femmes... they are marvellous! Women observe subconsciously a thousand little details, without knowing that they are doing so. Their subconscious mind adds these little things together - and they call the result intuition."
"Life is like that! It does not permit you to arrange and order it as you will. It will not permit to escape emotion, to live by the intellect and by reason. You cannot say, "I will feel so much and no more." Life, whatever else it is, is not reasonable."
"No, my friend, I am not drunk. It is that I have been to the dentist, and need not return for another six months. It is a beautiful thought." IF THIS AIN'T ME
March 29, 2016
Full of lovely little one-line snippets from some of the Hercule Poirot novels and short stories, this will remind you of why you've enjoyed reading them. I truly wish some one had given it to me in my Christmas stocking!
The Introduction, written by Agatha Christie in 1938, gives us a brief overview how Hercule Poirot came to be and how "there was much more in the little man than I had ever suspected." Her humour comes through when, later, she says, "I am beholden to him financially."
At the back, in References, there is a handy list of the books and short stories in which he actually appeared - there has been a tendency by film and television to locate him in other stories.
I loved it.
The Introduction, written by Agatha Christie in 1938, gives us a brief overview how Hercule Poirot came to be and how "there was much more in the little man than I had ever suspected." Her humour comes through when, later, she says, "I am beholden to him financially."
At the back, in References, there is a handy list of the books and short stories in which he actually appeared - there has been a tendency by film and television to locate him in other stories.
I loved it.
December 18, 2015
Poirot jest chyba moim ulubionym ekscentrykiem literatury. To sama przyjemność poruszać się między jego mądrościami na różne życiowe tematy. Poza tym książka jest ślicznie wydana. Okładka! <3 No fantastyczna ta okładka jest!
October 11, 2016
For serious Agatha Christie fans only! A short book of quotes from the world famous fictional Belgium Detective Hercule Poirot. The quotes span the entire breadth of the Poirto canon and Dame Agatha would have been quite proud to see them all gathered in this beautiful collection.
November 6, 2016
A nice collection of witty sayings and opinions from Agatha Christie's world-famous creation, M. Hercule Poirot. Well worth it for any fan of Agatha Christie's mystery novels. A small, but artfully created book.
February 19, 2018
A beautifully published little hardback of Poirot quotes! I enjoyed reading Christie’s thoughts on her detective in the ‘Living With Poirot’ section at the beginning.
A wonderful addition to the Christie collection of a die-hard Poirot fan such as myself 😊
A wonderful addition to the Christie collection of a die-hard Poirot fan such as myself 😊
July 20, 2020
A nice little book for all who love Poirot. In this case: judge this book by its cover. Its just a small book of Poirot quotes. Although the list of all books (including short stories) and in interview with Agatha Christie are a nice little extra.
March 5, 2016
Nice little book to have for Poirot lovers everywhere! :-)
February 5, 2017
If these are the best quote of Poirot, then I am not going to read it.
May 7, 2017
This was fun. What a character! Makes me want to read some tales with Poirot in them. His character shines through and you can almost see him
June 23, 2017
Must have for fans of Hercule Poirot 8-)
September 15, 2017
A beautiful little book - I love all the art deco touches! Perfect for when you just need a little dose of Poirot. I laughed so many times!
November 11, 2017
A really cool collectible for the Agatha Christie fans
October 30, 2017
A lovely collection of Poirot's best quotes. ☺️
January 1, 2018
Queen of Crime lovers, this is a must have.
A collection of all Poirot quotes with an exclusive message by the Queen herself! :D
A collection of all Poirot quotes with an exclusive message by the Queen herself! :D
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