Agatha Christie Quotes about Children

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There is nothing more thrilling in this world, I think, than having a child that is yours, and yet is mysteriously a stranger.

There is nothing more thrilling in this world, I think, than having a child that is yours, and yet is mysteriously a stranger.

Agatha Christie

Children, Reality, Thinking

Agatha Christie (1991). “Agatha Christie: An Autobiography”, Berkley Publishing Group

Until one looks back on one's own past one fails to realise what an extraordinary view of the world a child has.

Agatha Christie

Children, Past, Views

Agatha Christie (1991). “Agatha Christie: An Autobiography”, Berkley Publishing Group

Intuition is like reading a word without having to spell it out. A child can't do that because it has had so little experience. A grown-up person knows the word because they've seen it often before.

Agatha Christie

Children, Reading, Intuition

The popular idea that a child forgets easily is not an accurate one. Many people go right through life in the grip of an idea which has been impressed on them in very tender years.

Agatha Christie

Children, Mother And Daughter, Years

AGATHA CHRISTIE (1969). “MURDER IN MESOPOTAMIA A HERCULE POIROT MYSTERY”

I suppose it is because nearly all children go to school nowadays and have things arranged for them that they seem so forlornly unable to produce their own ideas.

Agatha Christie

Education, Children, Learning

Agatha Christie (2010). “An Autobiography”, p.62, HarperCollins UK

marriage is an extraordinary thing - and I doubt if any outsider - even a child of the marriage - has the right to judge.

Agatha Christie

Children, Judging, Doubt

Agatha Christie (2010). “Hercule Poirot’s Christmas (Poirot)”, p.30, HarperCollins UK

More children suffer from interference than from non-interference.

Agatha Christie

Children, Suffering, Interference

Agatha Christie (1959). “Murder at the manor: The Seven dials mystery, Crooked House, Ordeal by innocence”

I looked at her. Sheila was my girl--the girl I wanted--and wanted for keeps. But it wasn't any use having illusions about her. Sheila was a liar and probably always would be a liar. It was her way of fighting for survival--the quick easy glib denial. It was a child's weapon--and she'd probably never got out of using it. If I wanted Sheila, I must accept her as she was--be at hand to prop up the weak places. We've all got our weak places. Mine were different from Sheila's, but they were there.

Agatha Christie

Girl, Children, Liars