More from Wilkie Collins
Our words are giants when they do us an injury, and dwarfs when they do us a service.
The Woman in White (1860), First Epoch, The Story Begun by Walter Hartright, IXIn contextI am nothing but a bundle of nerves dressed up to look like a man.
The Woman in White (1860), Second Epoch, The Story Continued by Frederick Fairlie, Esq., of Limmeridge HouseIn contextWhatever happens in a house, robbery or murder, it doesn’t matter, you must have your breakfast.
The Moonstone (1868), First Period: The Loss of the Diamond (1848), Chapter XIIn context
More about facts
Everyone is entitled to his own opinion, but not his own facts.
Daniel Patrick Moynihan1927–2003Often credited to Unattributed- ?UnattributedOften credited to Albert Einstein
