“ She lived in the dream world of unreality, or else she would not admit reality; he did not know. In any case, he loved her as she was. It might never be used, but it would give her pleasure to have it… Nevil Shute
“ Throughout the autumn and the winter activity increased in the Beaulieu area, and with it came mysteries. Lepe House, the mansion at the entrance to the river, was taken over by the Navy and became fu… Nevil Shute
“ Here they go cruising for a fortnight up in parts where everyone is dead of radiation, and all that they can catch is measles! Nevil Shute
“ You cannot argue stupidity, you just have to accept it patiently as one of those things. Nevil Shute
“ There's no dignity, no decency, or health today for men that haven't got a job. All other things depend on work today. Nevil Shute
“ Professor O’Leary was Professor of Mediaeval Literature at Ann Arbor University in Michigan, just outside Detroit. Nevil Shute
“ In the quiet serenity of the night that did not seem very important; it was only important that she should shut up and not spoil his evening. Now you get on and start her up, and shut up talking. She… Nevil Shute
“ I was very depressed in those months, because it’s not funny to lose both your feet when you’re thirty years old. Nevil Shute
“ You do not understand. Over there, they want to help us. If they make a home for children, refugees from Europe, they feel that they are doing something worth while. And they are. Nevil Shute
“ He searched his mind for something he could do for her to match her generosity in some small measure. Like to go to the pictures tonight? he said. I see there’s Cary Grant on at the Regal. Four days l… Nevil Shute
“ One has to make an effort at a time like that, and a clean break. It’s no good going on living in the ashes of a dead happiness. Nevil Shute
“ When a good man employs others he becomes a slave to the job, for the job is the guarantee for the security of many men. Nevil Shute
“ It’s ever so kind of you to take the trouble, she said. She turned to her father. Dad, this gentleman’s mended my iron, and it works beautifully. She used her normal language without thinking anything… Nevil Shute
“ It was her dog getting killed that put the lid on it, said Viola, seven years later. Funny, that, wasn’t it? She stood up quite well when your brother got killed and when her father got killed, but wh… Nevil Shute
“ The Negro said, I don’t feel so good right now. Say, if I’d known that cutting your throat gave you septicaemia, I sure would have made a job of it. Or else not done it at all, said Turner. The Negro… Nevil Shute
