Revenge

Revenge

"If you will allow Poirot to offer you a piece of wise advice: the pursuit of revenge is rarely a good idea".

- Agatha Christie

Such Tiny Hands

Such Tiny Hands

"People with a grudge against the world are always dangerous. They seem to think life owes them something... It's what's in yourself that makes you happy or unhappy."

- Agatha Christie

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The Kind Of Thing That Happens

The Kind Of Thing That Happens

“It is the kind of thing that happens to you when you are stupid... Things go entirely differently from the way you planned them.”

- Agatha Christie

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Terribly Revealing

Terribly Revealing

"Crime is terribly revealing. Try and vary your methods as you will, your tastes, your habits, your attitude of mind and your soul is revealed by your actions."

- Agatha Christie

Old Sins

Old Sins

“Old sins have long shadows,” quoted Poirot. “As we advance through life, we learn the truth of that saying.”

- Agatha Christie

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The Compounding Interest of Lies

The Compounding Interest of Lies

"On the whole, you know, people tell you the truth. Because it is easier! Because it is less strain on the inventive faculties! You can tell one lie - or two lies - or three lies or even four lies - but you cannot lie all the time. And so - the truth becomes plain"

- Agatha Christie

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Authoritarian Bluster Cluster F*ck

 
Authoritarian Bluster Cluster F*ck

"If they are conscious of weakness, of inefficiency, they make an imposing door of self-assertion, of bluster, of overwhelming authority—and, after a time, they get to believe in it themselves".

 

-Agatha Christie

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The Essence of Successful Deception

 

The Essence of Successful Deception

"To know when to use the truth was the essence of successful deception."

- Agatha Christie

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The Deception Exemption

The Deception Exemption

"I did not deceive you, mon ami. At most, I permitted you to deceive yourself"

- Agatha Christie

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Dangerous Conversations

Dangerous Conversations

"Conversations are always dangerous, if you have something to hide."

- Agatha Christie

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Stupidity

Stupidity

"Stupidity - it is the sin that is never forgiven and always punished."

- Agatha Christie

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Nothing But A Loin Cloth

Nothing But A Loin Cloth

“To say a man does mad things because he is mad is merely unintelligent and stupid. A madman is as logical and reasoned in his action as a sane man - given his peculiar biased point of view. For example, if a man insists on going out and squatting about in nothing but a loin cloth his conduct seems eccentric in the extreme. But once you know that the man himself is firmly convinced that he is Mahatma Gandhi, then his conduct becomes perfectly reasonable and logical.”

- Agatha Christie

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What Is Madness?

What Is Madness?

"What is madness? I can assure you that the more we study the subject, the more difficult we find it to pronounce. We all practice a certain amount of self-deception, and when we carry it so far as to believe we are the Czar of Russia, we are shut up or restrained. But there is a long road before we reach that point."

- Agatha Christie

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It Walks The Earth!

It Walks The Earth!

"Nowadays, no one believes in evil. It is considered, at most, a mere negation of good. Evil, people say, is done by those who know no better - who are undeveloped - who are to be pitied rather than blamed. But... evil is real! It is a fact! I believe in evil as I believe in good. It exists! It is powerful! It walks the earth!"

- Agatha Christie

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Evil Will Come...

Evil Will Come...

"Do not open your heart to evil… Because - if you do- evil will come... Yes, very surely evil will come... It will enter in and make its home within you, and after a little while it will no longer be possible to drive it out."

- Agatha Christie

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The Old Savagery

The Old Savagery

"We see it all around us today - in political creeds, in the conduct of nations. A reaction from humanitarianism - from pity - from brotherly good-will. The creeds sound well sometimes - a wise regime - a beneficent government - but imposed by force, resting on a basis of cruelty and fear. Opening  the door, these apostles of violence are letting out the old savagery, the old delight in cruelty for its own sake! Man is an animal very delicately balanced. He has one prime necessity - to survive. To advance too quickly is as fatal as to lag behind. He must survive! He must, perhaps, retain some of the old savagery, but he must not - no, definitely he must not - deify it!"

- Agatha Christie

Pigs May Fly...

 

"Pigs may fly but they’re very unlikely birds."

- Agatha Christie

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Friday Fun: The One Finger Salute!

Friday Fun: 

The One Finger Salute!

Those of you in the know, know what this is about.

I'll let the photos below speak for themselves.

It's hard to watch something once so ripe with potential fall apart before your eyes. 

But the pendulum swings, my dears.

Both ways.

One way and then... the other.

Hope you have a lovely holiday.

Celebrate yourself.

Find your happiness where you can.

- uptonking from Wonderland Burlesque

This Is America - Childish Gambino

I'm Afraid Of Americans - David Bowie

This Is Not America - Residente

This Is Not America - David Bowie & Pat Metheny Group

Mundane Packages...

 

Evil comes in the most mundane packages.

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Less Than Human...

"Evil is not something superhuman, it's something less than human. Your criminal is someone who wants to be important, but who never will be important, because he'll always be less than a man."

- Agatha Christie