I have always held the old-fashioned opinion that the primary object of work of fiction should be to tell a story.
Wilkie CollinsAny woman who is sure of her own wits, is a match, at any time, for a man who is not sure of his own temper.
Wilkie CollinsShe looked so irresistibly beautiful as she said those brave words that no man alive could have steel his heart against her.
Wilkie Collins