“It would have surprised Mrs. Thornton very much to have been told that hitherto she had meant practically nothing to her children. She took a keen interest in Psychology (the Art Babblative, Southey calls it). She was full of theories… — Richard Hughes Copy Share Image
“You can never count on them. They say what they think you want them to say, and then they say what the opposing council… — Richard Hughes Copy Share Image
“Being nearly four years old, she was certainly a child: and children are human (if one allows the term "human" a wide sense): but she had not altogether ceased to be a baby: and babies are of course not human--they are animals, and have a very ancient and ramified culture, as cats have, and fishes, and even snakes: the same… — Richard Hughes Copy Share
“Life seemed suddenly a little empty, for never again could there happen to her something so dangerous, so sublime.” — Richard Hughes Copy Share Image
“The punctilious magistrate, presiding in his bivouac of matting, vanished without punctilio.” — Richard Hughes Copy Share Image
“Laura lay on her back in the faint light of the open hatch. She had discarded her blanket; and the vest which did duty… — Richard Hughes Copy Share Image
“Since landscape changes like this from country to country it must owe very little to Nature: Nature is no more than the canvas, and… — Richard Hughes Copy Share Image
Middle age snuffs out more talent than ever wars or sudden deaths do. — Richard Hughes Copy Share Image
“It would have surprised Mrs. Thornton very much to have been told that hitherto she had meant practically nothing to her children. She took… — Richard Hughes Copy Share Image
“Mathias shrugged. After all, a criminal lawyer is not concerned with facts. He is concerned with probabilities. It is the novelist who is concerned… — Richard Hughes Copy Share Image
“Emily and Rachel had their hair cut short, and were allowed to do everything the boys did - to climb trees, swim, and trap… — Richard Hughes Copy Share Image
All that non-fiction can do is answer questions. It's fiction's business to ask them. — Richard Hughes Copy Share Image
“It is a fact that it takes experience before one can realize what is a catastrophe and what is not. Children have little faculty… — Richard Hughes Copy Share Image
