--- title: "1 Faceless Men Quotes By Charles Todd" description: "1 Faceless Men quotes by Charles Todd. Plus more from Charles Todd and more Faceless Men sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/968/charles-todd-17830_death_what-of-the-hundreds-of-faceless-men-on_2224392.jpg" --- > [“What of the hundreds of faceless men on the streets looking for work, trying to pick up the threads of family life, hoping that the dying had made a better Britain, and finding they were lost in it. Faceless men…People…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-todd/what-of-the-hundreds-of-faceless-men-on-the-streets-looking-for-work/) [Charles Todd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-todd/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/968/charles-todd-17830_death_what-of-the-hundreds-of-faceless-men-on_2224392.jpg) ## More by Charles Todd > [“But what kind of love? It had so many faces, so many names. Jealousy wove a thread around it, and envy, and fear. People…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-todd/but-what-kind-of-love-it-had-so-many-faces-so-many-names-jealousy/) [Charles Todd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-todd/) > [“Wishful thinking, that time might heal—it seldom healed anything, only making scars that were often tender to the touch, and ugly.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-todd/wishful-thinking-that-time-might-heal-it-seldom-healed-anything-only/) [Charles Todd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-todd/) > [“a rough sort of child with a bullying nature and a particularly unclear concept of personal property.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-todd/a-rough-sort-of-child-with-a-bullying-nature-and-a-particularly/) [Charles Todd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-todd/) > [“When you watch the living force go out of a man’s face as you fire your weapon into his unprotected body, it is very…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-todd/when-you-watch-the-living-force-go-out-of-a-man-s-face-as-you-fire/) [Charles Todd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-todd/) > [“I was always a killer. It was my skill, and they’d taught me well. She taught me love.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-todd/i-was-always-a-killer-it-was-my-skill-and-they-d-taught-me-well-she/) [Charles Todd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-todd/) > [“Now he realized that somehow those who had served in France and elsewhere knew a world that couldn’t be shared. How could he tell…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-todd/now-he-realized-that-somehow-those-who-had-served-in-france-and/) [Charles Todd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-todd/) > [“There have always been two standards,” Rutledge answered. “People called Fiona a whore, but there’s no name for a man who has an illegitimate…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-todd/there-have-always-been-two-standards-rutledge-answered-people-called/) [Charles Todd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-todd/) > [I firmly believe as an author you have to go out in life and hear the stories of people. In pubs in the UK…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-todd/i-firmly-believe-as-an-author-you-have-to-go-out-in-life-and-hear-the/) [Charles Todd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-todd/) > [“Children were quick to grasp the subtleties of emotions around them, to see through evasions and quickly identify prevarication.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-todd/children-were-quick-to-grasp-the-subtleties-of-emotions-around-them/) [Charles Todd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-todd/) > [“Courage is not measured by Marching bands and banners in the wind. If you have not walked The bloody lines and seen the faces,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-todd/courage-is-not-measured-by-marching-bands-and-banners-in-the-wind-if/) [Charles Todd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-todd/) > [I was a corporate trouble-shooter for many years, and I know what it is like to walk very carefully into a hostile environment.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-todd/i-was-a-corporate-trouble-shooter-for-many-years-and-i-know-what-it/) [Charles Todd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-todd/) > [“That's the point of working with one's hands, you see. It gives the mind something else to do besides worry.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-todd/that-s-the-point-of-working-with-one-s-hands-you-see-it-gives-the/) [Charles Todd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-todd/) > [My great uncle fought in WWI. His stories fascinated me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-todd/my-great-uncle-fought-in-wwi-his-stories-fascinated-me/) [Charles Todd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-todd/) > [“Guilt was—it was the agony of spirit that made every day bleak. The fear that you might not live up to the cost of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-todd/guilt-was-it-was-the-agony-of-spirit-that-made-every-day-bleak-the/) [Charles Todd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-todd/) > [“I hadn’t realized that a break in a bone could be so exquisitely painful. I’d feel a greater tolerance for the the wounded after…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-todd/i-hadn-t-realized-that-a-break-in-a-bone-could-be-so-exquisitely/) [Charles Todd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-todd/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/faceless-men/charles-todd/#itemlist", "name": "1 Faceless Men Quotes By Charles Todd", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“What of the hundreds of faceless men on the streets looking for work, trying to pick up the threads of family life, hoping that the dying had made a better Britain, and finding they were lost in it. Faceless men…People stepped around them now, ignored the brave boy who’d marched away to glory and now begged on the street because a one-armed man couldn’t work. 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