“Security was now a thing of the past though it took a conscious effort to remember it; with no enemy in all the world there was little but the force of habit in it.” — Nevil Shute Copy Share Image
The thing most worth doing in this modern world [is to] create jobs that men can work at, and be proud of, and make… — Nevil Shute Copy Share Image
“By 1948 I was safe on my feet and able to get about quite normally, but I was thirty-four and life was slipping past… — Nevil Shute Copy Share Image
“You could have done something with newspapers. We didn't do it. No nation did, because we were all too silly. We liked our newspapers… — Nevil Shute Copy Share Image
“Until we’re dead, we Service people, the world will always be in danger of another war. We had too good a time in the… — Nevil Shute Copy Share Image
If what they say is right we're none of us going to have time to do all that we planned to do. But we… — Nevil Shute Copy Share Image
She looked at him in wonder. "Do people think of me like that? I only did what anybody could have done." "That's as it… — Nevil Shute Copy Share Image
I'm glad we haven't got newspapers now. It's been much nicer without them. — Nevil Shute Copy Share Image
“I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills,” he said, “from whence cometh my help.” — Nevil Shute Copy Share Image
Aircraft do not crash of themselves. They come to grief because men are foolish, or vain, or lazy, or irresolute or reckless. One crash… — Nevil Shute Copy Share Image
When I was first sent from H.M.S. King Alfred to be interviewed by Goodeve in the Admiralty, I was furious. The War seemed to… — Nevil Shute Copy Share Image
You cannot argue stupidity, you just have to accept it patiently as one of those things. — Nevil Shute Copy Share Image
“Only by an act of treachery to those who believe in us can either of us escape.” — Nevil Shute Copy Share Image
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