Organized Quotes 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…

— James Hilton

if we have not found the heaven within,we have not found the heaven without

— 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…

— 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…

— 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…

— James Hilton

“Perhaps the exhaustion of the passions is the beginning of wisdom, if you care to alter the proverb.”

— 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…

— 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…

— 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…

— 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,…

— 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…

— 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…

— James Hilton