English En
  • Deutsche De
  • English En
  • Français Fr
  • Русский Ru

We use cookies to personalise content and ads, to provide social media features and to analyse our traffic. We also share information about your use of our site with our marketing and analytics partners who may combine it with other information you've provided to them or which they've separately collected from you. You also may to see our Privacy Policy. By clicking the OK button below, you accept our cookies.

Authors:

Wilkie Collins Quotes

If he was right, here was our quiet English house suddenly invaded by a devilish Indian Diamond - bringing after it a conspiracy of living rogues, set loose on us by the vengeance of a dead man".

Wilkie Collins

About author

Related Authors

Topics

Quotes currently Trending

If you remain unsettled by a piece of writing, it means you are not watching the story from the outside; you've already taken a step towards it. Daniel Day-Lewis
Virginia Woolf quote: "For nothing was simply one thing."
For nothing was simply one thing. Virginia Woolf
William Ellery Channing quote: "May your life preach more loudly than your lips."
May your life preach more loudly than your lips. William Ellery Channing
Hackman is able to live in the moment which means there is nothing for him at that split second than what is occurring in the scene. James Lipton
Theodore Roethke quote: "Over every mountain there is a path, although it may not be..."
Over every mountain there is a path, although it may not be seen from the valley. Theodore Roethke
I seek to speak to you, in some way, as your own self. Who can tell what this may mean? I myself do not know, but if you listen, things will be said that are perhaps not written in this book. And this will be due not to me but to the One who lives and speaks in both. Thomas Merton
Amy Adams quote: "I'm one of seven kids. That'll keep your ego in check."
I'm one of seven kids. That'll keep your ego in check. Amy Adams
It is not only species of animal that die out, but whole species of feeling. And if you are wise you will never pity the past for what it did not know, but pity yourself for what it did. John Fowles
Blaise Pascal quote: "If our state were really happy, we should not need to take our..."
If our state were really happy, we should not need to take our minds off it in order to make ourselves happy. Blaise Pascal
Carlos Mesa quote: "Direct access to sea is an essential part of foreign policy."
Direct access to sea is an essential part of foreign policy. Carlos Mesa
Peter Munk quote: "But you don't get into a business because of personal tastes."
But you don't get into a business because of personal tastes. Peter Munk
You cannot expect the guy who drove the car into the ditch to navigate it out of the ditch. You have to put a new driver in the seat. I'm not saying the new driver is going to be any better, but we need a new driver. Kerry is the only choice. John Mellencamp
When you look around right now, Nashville is kind of going through another changing of guard; you're watching the Martina McBrides and the Faith Hills and all of them that have been the big stars for the last however many years, and the next generation is coming in: Miranda Lambert, Carrie Underwood, those girls. Callie Khouri
Prince Charles quote: "Hong Kong has created one of the most successful societies on..."
Hong Kong has created one of the most successful societies on Earth. Prince Charles
Junior high is so much worse than high school because at least in high school different is more accepted, celebrated actually: all the girls with blue hair and gothic Hello Kitty backpacks. Nikki Reed