208 Quotes by Winston Graham

I didn’t want either him or his cousin, I only wanted to be able to rob them in peace.

Out of sight would not be out of mind, but it would at least be out of danger.

Autumn lingered on as if fond of its own perfection.

People might think it lonely living on my own nearly all the time, but I never found it lonely. I always had plenty to think about, and anyway maybe I’m not so good on people.

It isn’t very pretty to have been made a fool of by one’s own feelings,′ he said. ‘To take childish promises and build a – a castle out of them...

He found, quite to his surprise, that he was happy. Not merely happy in Demelza’s happiness but in himself. He couldn’t think why. The condition just existed within him.

He pushed her nails away from his eyes, accepting her bites as if they were no part of him. He pulled the cloth away from her throat, gripped it. Her screaming stopped. Her eyes started tears, died, grew big. She knew there was death, but life called her, sweet life, all the sweetness of youth, not yet gone. Dwight, the baronet, years of triumph, crying, dying.

Marnie, I won’t say, Make him happy, but I will say, Be happy yourself. I think you’re capable of much more than you think.

The acme of futility was to regret a pleasure that was past, and he had no intention of doing so.