She looked so irresistibly beautiful as she said those brave words that no man alive could have steel his heart against her.
Wilkie CollinsOur words are giants when they do us an injury, and dwarfs when they do us a service.
Wilkie CollinsThe dull people decided years and years ago, as everyone knows, that novel-writing was the lowest species of literary exertion, and that novel reading was a dangerous luxury and an utter waste of time.
Wilkie CollinsI used to attend scientific experiments when I was a girl at school. They invariably ended in an explosion. If Mr. Jennings will be so very kind, I should like to be warned of the explosion this time. With a view to getting it over, if possible, before I go to bed.
Wilkie Collins