There is no telling what a human character is. Until the test comes. To most of us the test comes early in life. A man is confronted quite soon with the necessity to stand on his own feet, to face dangers and difficulties and to take his own line of dealing with them. It may be the straight way, it may be the crooked way --- whichever it is, a man usually learns early just what he is made of. β¨ Agatha Christie (1984). Taken at the flood, Berkley Pub Group
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- You regard it as impossible that a sinner should be struck down by the wrath of God! I do not! β¨ Agatha Christie (1978). The mousetrap, & other plays, Putnam Adult
- Poirot said placidly, βOne does not, you know, employ merely the muscles. I do not need to bend and measure the footprints and pick up the cigarette ends and examine the bent blades of grass. It is e β¦ βΆ
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