“ I dread the beginning of her new life more than words can tell, but I see some hope for her if she travels - none if she remains at home. Wilkie Collins
“ Sympathies that lie too deep for words, too deep almost for thoughts, are touched, at such times, by other charms than those which the senses feel and which the resources of expression can realise. Wilkie Collins
“ Miss Fairlie laughed with a ready good-humour, which broke out as brightly as if it had been part of the sunshine above us… Wilkie Collins
“ At any time, and under any circumstances of human interest, is it not strange to see how little real hold the objects of the natural world amid which we live can gain on our hearts and minds? We go to… Wilkie Collins
“ I am an average good Christian, when you don't push my Christianity too far. And all the rest of you—which is a great comfort—are, in this respect, much the same as I am. Wilkie Collins
“ The mystery which underlies the beauty of women is never raised above the reach of all expression until it has claimed kindred with the deeper mystery in our own souls. Wilkie Collins
“ Any woman who is sure of her own wits, is a match, at any time, for a man who is not sure of his own temper. Wilkie Collins
“ It is not for you to say - you Englishmen, who have conquered your freedom so long ago, that you have conveniently forgotten what blood you shed, and what extremities you proceeded to in the conquerin… Wilkie Collins
“ I have always held the old-fashioned opinion that the primary object of work of fiction should be to tell a story. Wilkie Collins
“ Nothing in this world is hidden forever. The gold which has lain for centuries unsuspected in the ground, reveals itself one day on the surface. Sand turns traitor, and betrays the footstep that has p… Wilkie Collins
“ There is nothing serious in mortality! Solomon in all his glory was Solomon with the elements of the contemptible lurking in every fold of his robes and in every corner of his palace. Wilkie Collins
“ The best men are not consistent in good—why should the worst men be consistent in evil? Wilkie Collins
“ Your tears come easy, when you're young, and beginning the world. Your tears come easy, when you're old, and leaving it. I burst out crying. Wilkie Collins
“ Excuse my dress. I was half an hour late this morning. When you lose half an hour in this house, you never can pick it up again, try how you may. -Reverend Finch's wife Wilkie Collins
“ The bleak autumn wind was still blowing, and the solemn, surging moan of it in the wood was dreary and awful to hear through the night silence. Issac felt strangely wakeful. He resolved, as he lay dow… Wilkie Collins
“ I am thinking,’ he remarked quietly, ’whether I shall add to the disorder in this room, by scattering your brains about the fireplace. Wilkie Collins
