Wordsmitten Wednesday: Most Read Author

The things young women read nowadays and profess to enjoy positively frighten me.
― Agatha Christie, The Murder of Roger Ackroyd

Wordsmitten Wednesday: Talk Like a Poirot Day!

He dragged me back – just in time. A tree had crashed down on to the side walk, just missing us. Poirot stared at it, pale and upset.
“It was a near thing that! But clumsy, all the same – for I had no suspicion – at least hardly any suspicion. Yes, but for my quick eyes, the eyes of a cat, Hercule Poirot might now be crushed out of existence – a terrible calamity for the world. And you, too, mon ami – though that would not be such a national catastrophe.”
“Thank you,” I said coldly.”
― Agatha Christie, The Big Four

Wordsmitten Wednesday: One, Two, Buckle My Shoe

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?
– Agatha Christie, One, Two, Buckle My Shoe