--- title: "1 Bell Rang Quotes By James Hilton" description: "1 Bell Rang quotes by James Hilton. Plus more from James Hilton and more Bell Rang sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aba/james-hilton-8522_thin-line_and-sometimes-when-the-bell-rang-for-cal_1819725.jpg" --- > [“And sometimes, when the bell rang for call-over, he would go to the window and look across the road and over the School fence and see, in the distance, the thin line of boys filing past the bench. New times,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-hilton/and-sometimes-when-the-bell-rang-for-call-over-he-would-go-to-the/) [James Hilton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-hilton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aba/james-hilton-8522_thin-line_and-sometimes-when-the-bell-rang-for-cal_1819725.jpg) ## More by James Hilton > [“It seemed to him that the little Manchu had never looked so radiant. She gave him a most charming smile, but her eyes were…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-hilton/it-seemed-to-him-that-the-little-manchu-had-never-looked-so-radiant/) [James Hilton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-hilton/) > [if we have not found the heaven within,we have not found the heaven without](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-hilton/if-we-have-not-found-the-heaven-within-we-have-not-found-the-heaven/) [James Hilton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-hilton/) > [There's only one thing more important... and that is, after you've done what you set out to do, to feel that it's been worth…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-hilton/there-s-only-one-thing-more-important-and-that-is-after-you-ve-done/) [James Hilton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-hilton/) > [The first quarter-century of your life was doubtless lived under the cloud of being too young for things, while the last quarter-century would normally…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-hilton/the-first-quarter-century-of-your-life-was-doubtless-lived-under-the/) [James Hilton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-hilton/) > [When you are getting on in years (but not ill, of course), you get very sleepy at times, and the hours seem to pass…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-hilton/when-you-are-getting-on-in-years-but-not-ill-of-course-you-get-very/) [James Hilton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-hilton/) > [“Perhaps the exhaustion of the passions is the beginning of wisdom, if you care to alter the proverb.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-hilton/perhaps-the-exhaustion-of-the-passions-is-the-beginning-of-wisdom-if/) [James Hilton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-hilton/) > [“On the night before the wedding, when Chips left the house to return to his hotel, she said, with mock gravity: "This is an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-hilton/on-the-night-before-the-wedding-when-chips-left-the-house-to-return/) [James Hilton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-hilton/) > [“Now let me begin by sketching for you a very agreeable picture. You are still, I should say, a youngish man by the world’s…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-hilton/now-let-me-begin-by-sketching-for-you-a-very-agreeable-picture-you/) [James Hilton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-hilton/) > [“Then, my son, when the strong have devoured each other, the Christian ethic may at last be fulfilled, and the meek shall inherit the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-hilton/then-my-son-when-the-strong-have-devoured-each-other-the-christian/) [James Hilton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-hilton/) > [What a host of little incidents, all deep-buried in the past -- problems that had once been urgent, arguments that had once been keen,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-hilton/what-a-host-of-little-incidents-all-deep-buried-in-the-past-problems/) [James Hilton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-hilton/) > [“Conway felt again, as he gazed up at the stupendous mountain wall, that there was a superb and exquisite peril in the scene; but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-hilton/conway-felt-again-as-he-gazed-up-at-the-stupendous-mountain-wall-that/) [James Hilton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-hilton/) > [“Cigars had burned low, and we were beginning to sample the disillusionment that usually afflicts old school friends who have met again as men…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-hilton/cigars-had-burned-low-and-we-were-beginning-to-sample-the/) [James Hilton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-hilton/) > [“They were all, too, except himself, affected by the altitude. Even Barnard had sunk into melancholy under the strain. Mallinson was muttering to himself;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-hilton/they-were-all-too-except-himself-affected-by-the-altitude-even/) [James Hilton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-hilton/) > [“Laziness in doing stupid things can be a great virtue Chang - Lost Horizon (1933) ”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-hilton/laziness-in-doing-stupid-things-can-be-a-great-virtue-chang-lost/) [James Hilton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-hilton/) > [“And so it stood, a warm and vivid patch in his life, casting a radiance that glowed in a thousand recollections.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-hilton/and-so-it-stood-a-warm-and-vivid-patch-in-his-life-casting-a-radiance/) [James Hilton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-hilton/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bell-rang/james-hilton/#itemlist", "name": "1 Bell Rang Quotes By James Hilton", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“And sometimes, when the bell rang for call-over, he would go to the window and look across the road and over the School fence and see, in the distance, the thin line of boys filing past the bench. 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