I have always held the old-fashioned opinion that the primary object of work of fiction should be to tell a story.
Wilkie CollinsThe horrid mystery hanging over us in this house gets into my head like liquor, and makes me wild.
Wilkie CollinsWell may your heart believe the truths Well may your heart believe the truths I tell; 'Tis virtue makes the bliss, where'er we dwell.
Wilkie CollinsNot the shadow of a doubt crossed my mind of the purpose for which the Count had left the theatre. His escape from us, that evening, was beyond all question the preliminary only to his escape from London. The mark of the Brotherhood was on his arm-I felt as certain of it as if he had shown me the brand; and the betrayal of the Brotherhood was on his conscience-I had seen it in his recognition of Pesca.
Wilkie Collins