Readers of novels are a strange folk, upon whose probable or even possible tastes no wise book-maker would ever venture to bet.
E. V. LucasAmericans are people who prefer the Continent to their own country, but refuse to learn its languages.
E. V. LucasThe truth is the only thing worth having, and, in a civilized life, like ours, where so many risks are removed, facing it is almost the only courageous thing left to do.
E. V. LucasOne of the most adventurous things left us is to go to bed. For no one can lay a hand on our dreams.
E. V. Lucas