Crime Quote by A.E. Coppard Download Open image ““Folly? O, it was indeed! But Folly is a prison where no charter of deliverence ever comes.”” — A.E. Coppard ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 5.0 out of 5 (9 ratings) Copy quoteShare Crime
“It seemed a very great folly to attempt to force a declaration from him, but it seemed a greater folly to let him go.… — Deanna Raybourn Copy Share Image
“The method by which the fool arrives at his folly was as dear to him as the ultimate wisdom of the wise.” — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
“Trust my folly then, since it is best for a man truly wise to be thought a fool.” — Aeschylus Copy Share Image
“I was to discover the atrocious folly of this proceeding, but it came to my mind as an ingenious move for covering our retreat.” — H.G. Wells Copy Share Image
“Thus it came to him merely to run away was folly, because he could never run away from himself.” — Sinclair Lewis Copy Share Image
“It is quite a revelation to discover that the place you wanted to escape to is the exact same place you escaped from. That… — Matt Haig Copy Share Image
“Mothers are inscrutable beings to their sons, always. ("The Higgler")” — A.E. Coppard Copy Share Image
“The poor wretch, she had given up so much and could yet smile at her trouble. He himself had never surrendered to anything in… — A.E. Coppard Copy Share Image
“If he was not exactly a Spartan, he was, you might say, spartanatical. Things happened to you; they were good,or they were bad -… — A.E. Coppard Copy Share Image
“He asked with a stiff smile 'What is love?' For me,' said Orianda, fumbling for a definition, 'for me it is a compound of… — A.E. Coppard Copy Share Image
“Humph,' he said, with a disagreeable air, 'the universe does its work very quietly.' (“The Bogey Man”)” — A.E. Coppard Copy Share Image
“A high upland common was this moor, two miles from end to end, and full of furze and bracken. There were no trees and… — A.E. Coppard Copy Share Image
“Blood is thicker than water, I know, but it's unnatural stuff to drink so much of. (“The Wife Of Ted Wickham”)” — A.E. Coppard Copy Share Image
“To analyze or assess a person's failings or deficiencies,' he declared to himself, 'is useless, not because such blemishes are immovable, but because they… — A.E. Coppard Copy Share Image
“O, sir,' murmured Sheila, still on her knees, 'please forgive me.' 'Forgive you! 0, la, la, la!' cunningly cried the droll, and strutting like… — A.E. Coppard Copy Share Image
“Pedersen was always wooing her. Sometimes he was gracious and kind, but at other times when his failure wearied him he would be cruel… — A.E. Coppard Copy Share Image
“Crime and punishment can be summed up in two classifications: there are bad people and there are people who get into bad situations. The… — Johnnie Dent Jr Copy Share Image
With 'Pretty Girls,' I saw the opportunity to talk not just about crime but what crime leaves behind. — Karin Slaughter Copy Share Image
“The jailers, the Court, everyone in that building – it wasn’t about justice; it was about obedience and intimidation…about maintaining order. Fear accomplished that… — Jay Allan Copy Share Image
Taking notes while watching Forensic Files and Snapped. I don't want to make the same mistakes the criminals do! ;) — Nishan Panwar Copy Share Image
A man could be a lover and defender of the wilderness without ever in his lifetime leaving the boundaries of asphalt, powerlines, and right-angled… — Edward Abbey Copy Share Image
Nations sometimes flourish by denying the crimes that brought them into being. Only when the original invasion, occupation, extermination or usurpation has been safely… — Terry Eagleton Copy Share Image
The danger that may really threaten (crime fiction) is that soon there will be more writers than readers — Jacques Barzun Copy Share Image
“a crime to fell a tree and light it on fire, where coals of hardened shit warmed and stunk up homes,” — Hugh Howey Copy Share Image
A great read; an exciting, frightening account of organized crime today. But like all important works of nonfiction, it goes further… This book is… — Le Ly Hayslip Copy Share Image
If it comes to a question of law, the charges they brought against me - the Espionage Act - is called the quintessential political… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image