I have wanted . . . to commit a murder myself. I recognized this as th…

Agatha Christie
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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. ✨ Agatha Christie (1986). 5 Complete Novels of Murder and Detection, Wings
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