“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 affect the mass of beholders in diverse ways. Different minds perceive utterly variant figures in the… — A.E. Coppard 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
“Folly? O, it was indeed! But Folly is a prison where no charter of deliverence ever comes.” — 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
