“As to acknowledging that he was about to obtain a triumph with the ideas of another man, he never thought of such a thing. It is generally in perfect good faith that the jackdaw struts about in the peacock's feathers.” — Émile Gaboriau Copy Share Image
“I have watched him as only a woman can watch a man upon whom her fate depends, but it has always been in vain.” — Émile Gaboriau Copy Share Image
Women never confess and even when they seemingly resign themselves to such a course they are not sincere. — Emile Gaboriau Copy Share Image
“You say she loves him? No one but a coward would be defrauded of the woman he loved and who loved him. Ah, if… — Émile Gaboriau Copy Share Image
“It is at the family fireside, often under the shelter of the law itself, that the real tragedies of life are acted; in these… — Émile Gaboriau Copy Share Image
“Excessive suffering brings with it a kind of dull insensibility and stupor…” — Émile Gaboriau Copy Share Image
“As to acknowledging that he was about to obtain a triumph with the ideas of another man, he never thought of such a thing.… — Émile Gaboriau Copy Share Image
“Vengeance is a delicious fruit, which must be allowed to ripen in order that it may be fully enjoyed.” — Émile Gaboriau Copy Share Image
A father is the one friend upon whom we can always rely. In the hour of need, when all else fails, we remember him… — Emile Gaboriau Copy Share Image
