It's a very remarkable story." "Remarkable's a well-chosen word. It doesn't give you away.
James HiltonIs there not too much tension in the world at present, and might it not be better if more people were slackers?
James HiltonThis storm you talk of . . .t will be such a one, my son, as the world has not seen before. There will be no safety by arms, no help from authority, no answer in science. It will rage till every flower of culture is trampled, and all human things are leveled in a vast chaos.
James HiltonIf I had a child who wanted to be a teacher, I would bid him Godspeed as if he were going to war. For indeed the war against prejudice, greed, and ignorance is eternal, and those who dedicate themselves to it give their lives no less because they may live to see some fraction of the battle won.
James Hilton