Quotes

Some of us rush through life, and some of us saunter through life. Mrs. Vesey SAT through life. ~ The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins But the Law is still, in certain inevitable cases, the pre-engaged servant of the long purse. ~ The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins "The criminal is the creative artist; the detective only the critic." ~ The Innocence of Father Brown (The Blue Cross) by G. K. Chesterton As it has been well expressed in the paradox of Poe, wisdom should reckon on the unforeseen. ~ The Innocence of Father Brown (The Blue Cross) by G. K. Chesterton The most incredible thing about miracles is that they happen. ~ The Innocence of Father Brown (The Blue Cross) by G. K. Chesterton How use doth breed a habit in a man! ~ Two Gentlemen of Verona by William Shakespeare O heaven, were man
But constant, he were perfect! ~ Two Gentlemen of Verona by William Shakespeare O, how this spring of love resembleth
The uncertain glory of an April day,
Which now shows all the beauty of the sun,
And by an by a cloud takes all away! ~ Two Gentlemen of Verona by William Shakespeare Yet I am not more sure that my soul lives, than I am that perverseness is one of the primitive impulses of the human heart - one of the indivisible primary faculties, or sentiments, which give direction to the character of Man. ~ The Black Cat by Edgar Allan Poe There is something in the unselfish and self-sacrificing love of a brute, which goes directly to the heart of him who has had frequent occasion to test the paltry friendship and gossamer fidelity of mere Man. ~ The Black Cat by Edgar Allan Poe