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 justice
Martin Luther King Jr.1929–1968The Rising Tide of Racial Consciousnes (1960)True patriotism hates injustice in its own land more than anywhere else.
