“It seemed to him that the little Manchu had never looked so radiant. She gave him a most charming smile, but her… — James Hilton Chances Copy Share Image
if we have not found the heaven within,we have not found the heaven without — James Hilton Found Copy Share Image
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… — James Hilton Done Copy Share Image
The first quarter-century of your life was doubtless lived under the cloud of being too young for things, while the last quarter-century… — James Hilton Century Copy Share Image
When you are getting on in years (but not ill, of course), you get very sleepy at times, and the hours seem… — James Hilton Book Copy Share Image
“Perhaps the exhaustion of the passions is the beginning of wisdom, if you care to alter the proverb.” — James Hilton Wisdom Copy Share Image
“On the night before the wedding, when Chips left the house to return to his hotel, she said, with mock gravity: "This… — James Hilton Marriage Copy Share Image
“Now let me begin by sketching for you a very agreeable picture. You are still, I should say, a youngish man by… — James Hilton Life Copy Share Image
“Then, my son, when the strong have devoured each other, the Christian ethic may at last be fulfilled, and the meek shall… — James Hilton Christian Copy Share Image
What a host of little incidents, all deep-buried in the past -- problems that had once been urgent, arguments that had once… — James Hilton Anecdotes Copy Share Image
“Conway felt again, as he gazed up at the stupendous mountain wall, that there was a superb and exquisite peril in the… — James Hilton Mountains Copy Share Image
“Cigars had burned low, and we were beginning to sample the disillusionment that usually afflicts old school friends who have met again… — James Hilton Friendship Copy Share Image
“They were all, too, except himself, affected by the altitude. Even Barnard had sunk into melancholy under the strain. Mallinson was muttering… — James Hilton Normal person Copy Share Image
“Laziness in doing stupid things can be a great virtue Chang - Lost Horizon (1933) ” — James Hilton Procrastination Copy Share Image
“And so it stood, a warm and vivid patch in his life, casting a radiance that glowed in a thousand recollections.” — James Hilton Life Copy Share Image
“Then the whole range, much nearer now, paled into fresh splendor; a full moon rose, touching each peak in succession like some… — James Hilton Full moon Copy Share Image
The exhaustion of the passions is the beginning of wisdom. — James Hilton Exhaustion Copy Share Image
“He was forty-eight — an age at which permanence of habits begins to be predictable.” — James Hilton Habits Copy Share Image
“The will of God or the lunacy of man - it seemed to him that you could take your choice, if you… — James Hilton Choice Copy Share Image
“It fitted Baskul and Delhi and London, war making and empire building, consulates and trade concessions and dinner parties at Government House;… — James Hilton War Copy Share Image
“The parallel is not quite exact. For those Dark Ages were not really so very dark—they were full of flickering lanterns, and… — James Hilton Dark ages Copy Share Image
“For he did not, he would have said, care for women; he never felt at home or at ease with them; and… — James Hilton Changes Copy Share Image
“Grins and disregarding silence met the shouts of the four imprisoned passengers, while the slightest attempt to alight provoked a menacing movement… — James Hilton Copy Share Image
“tribesmen came forward from all directions, surrounding the machine and effectively preventing any one from getting out of it except the pilot.… — James Hilton Computers Copy Share Image
“I remember Mrs. Brool, whose photograph is still in the tuckshop; she served there until an uncle in Australia left her a… — James Hilton Loud laughter Copy Share Image
