6 Quotes by James Hadley Chase

What the eye doesn't see, the heart doesn't grieve about.

What the eye doesn’t see, the heart doesn’t grieve about.

Anson looked searchingly at her. His eyes moved over her body. He thought: you meet a woman and she starts a chemical reaction in you. You think there is no one like her in the world, then something happens, and it is finished. She means less to me now than the used plate after a good meal, and how little can that be?

When a kingdom loses its king, there’s always a scramble to grab.

My desk clock told me it was five past ten, early for a drink, although I wanted one. After a little hesitation, I decided the bottle wouldn’t know it was too early, hoisted it out of the desk drawer and gave myself a small, rather shamefaced nip.

It’s better to be sick of life than not have a life.