It is the quietest and meekest people who are often capable of the most sudden and unexpected violences for the reason that when their control does snap, it goes entirely. (Hercule Poirot)
Agatha ChristieAbout author
- Author's profession: Writer
- Nationality: english
- Born: September 15, 1890
- Died: January 12, 1976
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