The mystery which underlies the beauty of women is never raised above the reach of all expression until it has claimed kindred with the deeper mystery in our own souls.
Wilkie CollinsExcept in this ignorant and material century, men have always worn precious stuffs and beautiful colours as well as women.
Wilkie CollinsThe books - the generous friends who met me without suspicion - the merciful masters who never used me ill!
Wilkie CollinsThe fool's crime is the crime that is found out and the wise man's crime is the crime that is not found out.
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 CollinsIs there any wilderness of sand in the deserts of Arabia, is there any prospect of desolation among the ruins of Palestine, which can rival the repelling effect on the eye, and the depressing influence on the mind, of an English country town in the first stage of its existence, and in the transition state of its prosperity?
Wilkie Collins