--- title: "Best Wilkie Collins Words" description: "Wilkie Collins (1824‑1889) was an English novelist and playwright best known for his mystery novels The Woman in White (1860) and The Moonstone (1868)." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b079/author-wilkie-collins-2078.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Wilkie Collins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b079/author-wilkie-collins-2078.jpg) # Wilkie Collins (1824–1889) Writer United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland **183** quotes in **680** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Wilkie Collins was a writer from the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, best known for *The Moonstone*. ## Quick Facts About Wilkie Collins Born January 8, 1824 Died September 23, 1889 Nationality United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Profession Writer Notable works The Moonstone Known for The Woman in White, The Moonstone Spouse Caroline Compton ## About Wilkie Collins Wilkie Collins (1824‑1889) was an English novelist and playwright best known for his mystery novels The Woman in White (1860) and The Moonstone (1868). He was a British writer whose novel The Woman in White is considered an early sensation novel, while The Moonstone helped set the foundations of modern detective stories and is an early example of the police procedural genre. ## Quotes by Wilkie Collins · Page 5 > [“If you will look about you (which most people won't do)," says Sergeant Cuff, "you will see that the nature of a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wilkie-collins/if-you-will-look-about-you-which-most-people-won-t-do-says-sergeant/) [Wilkie Collins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wilkie-collins/) [Business](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/business/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e4a/wilkie-collins-2078_business_if-you-will-look-about-you-which-most-pe_2008640.png) > [I used to attend scientific experiments when I was a girl at school. They invariably ended in an explosion. If Mr. Jennings…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wilkie-collins/i-used-to-attend-scientific-experiments-when-i-was-a-girl-at-school/) [Wilkie Collins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wilkie-collins/) [Bed](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bed/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a23/wilkie-collins-2078_bed_i-used-to-attend-scientific-experiments_3216769.jpg) > [“I should never, perhaps, have heard even the name of the woman who has lived in all my thoughts, who has possessed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wilkie-collins/i-should-never-perhaps-have-heard-even-the-name-of-the-woman-who-has/) [Wilkie Collins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wilkie-collins/) [Life](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/life/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3b3/wilkie-collins-2078_life_i-should-never-perhaps-have-heard-even-t_1441106.png) > [“The grandest mountain prospect that the eye can range over is appointed to annihilation. The smallest human interest that the pure heart…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wilkie-collins/the-grandest-mountain-prospect-that-the-eye-can-range-over-is/) [Wilkie Collins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wilkie-collins/) [Annihilation](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/annihilation/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/df7/wilkie-collins-2078_annihilation_the-grandest-mountain-prospect-that-the_671842.png) > [“This is a miserable world", says the Sergeant. "Human life, Mr. Betteredge, is a sort of target --misfortune is always firing at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wilkie-collins/this-is-a-miserable-world-says-the-sergeant-human-life-mr-betteredge/) [Wilkie Collins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wilkie-collins/) [Goals](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/goals/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/34c/wilkie-collins-2078_goals_this-is-a-miserable-world-says-the-serge_1868294.jpg) > [“I turned towards the garden when the door had closed on her. Miss Halcombe was standing with her hat in her hand,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wilkie-collins/i-turned-towards-the-garden-when-the-door-had-closed-on-her-miss/) [Wilkie Collins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wilkie-collins/) [Gardening](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/gardening/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/819/wilkie-collins-2078_gardening_i-turned-towards-the-garden-when-the-doo_2294734.png) > [“Marian and I avoided all further reference to that other subject, which by her consent and mine, was not to be mentioned…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wilkie-collins/marian-and-i-avoided-all-further-reference-to-that-other-subject/) [Wilkie Collins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wilkie-collins/) [Marian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/marian/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0d6/wilkie-collins-2078_marian_marian-and-i-avoided-all-further-referen_2897692.png) > [Women can resist a man's love, a man's fame, a man's personal appearance, and a man's money, but they cannot resist a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wilkie-collins/women-can-resist-a-man-s-love-a-man-s-fame-a-man-s-personal/) [Wilkie Collins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wilkie-collins/) [Appearance](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/appearance/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fc2/wilkie-collins-2078_appearance_women-can-resist-a-man-s-love-a-man-s-fa_529499.png) > [“You are not to take it, if you please, as the saying of an ignorant man, when I express my opinion that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wilkie-collins/you-are-not-to-take-it-if-you-please-as-the-saying-of-an-ignorant-man/) [Wilkie Collins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wilkie-collins/) [Books](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/books/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/09c/wilkie-collins-2078_books_you-are-not-to-take-it-if-you-please-as_503350.jpg) > [“Let the end come as it may, here I am ready to profit by it: here I am, facing both ways, with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wilkie-collins/let-the-end-come-as-it-may-here-i-am-ready-to-profit-by-it-here-i-am/) [Wilkie Collins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wilkie-collins/) [Cybersecurity](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cybersecurity/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c2e/wilkie-collins-2078_cybersecurity_let-the-end-come-as-it-may-here-i-am-rea_2590387.png) > [“When two members of a family or two intimate friends are separated, and one goes abroad and one remains at home, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wilkie-collins/when-two-members-of-a-family-or-two-intimate-friends-are-separated/) [Wilkie Collins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wilkie-collins/) [Family](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/family/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/627/wilkie-collins-2078_family_when-two-members-of-a-family-or-two-inti_1881848.jpg) > [“If the machinery of the Law could be depended on to fathom every case of suspicion, and to conduct every process of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wilkie-collins/if-the-machinery-of-the-law-could-be-depended-on-to-fathom-every-case/) [Wilkie Collins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wilkie-collins/) [Laws](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/laws/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/129/wilkie-collins-2078_laws_if-the-machinery-of-the-law-could-be-dep_1434180.jpg) > [“I drove home, selected and marked my first series of readings, and drove back to Montagu Square, with a dozen works in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wilkie-collins/i-drove-home-selected-and-marked-my-first-series-of-readings-and/) [Wilkie Collins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wilkie-collins/) [Books](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/books/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bcd/wilkie-collins-2078_books_i-drove-home-selected-and-marked-my-firs_1539790.jpg) > [“Now, tell me, my dear, I said, what are you crying about? About the years that are gone, Mr. Betteredge," says Rosanna…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wilkie-collins/now-tell-me-my-dear-i-said-what-are-you-crying-about-about-the-years/) [Wilkie Collins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wilkie-collins/) [Gaze](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/gaze/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/04b/wilkie-collins-2078_gaze_now-tell-me-my-dear-i-said-what-are-you_3187091.jpg) > [“At any time, and under any circumstances of human interest, is it not strange to see how little real hold the objects…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wilkie-collins/at-any-time-and-under-any-circumstances-of-human-interest-is-it-not/) [Wilkie Collins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wilkie-collins/) [Admiration](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/admiration/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/671/wilkie-collins-2078_admiration_at-any-time-and-under-any-circumstances_1878328.png) > [“Whenever a woman tries to put you out of temper, turn the tables, and put HER out of temper instead. They are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wilkie-collins/whenever-a-woman-tries-to-put-you-out-of-temper-turn-the-tables-and/) [Wilkie Collins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wilkie-collins/) [Humour](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/humour/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/39d/wilkie-collins-2078_humour_whenever-a-woman-tries-to-put-you-out-of_1811743.png) > [If I ever meet with the man who fulfills my ideal, I shall make it a condition of the marriage settlement, that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wilkie-collins/if-i-ever-meet-with-the-man-who-fulfills-my-ideal-i-shall-make-it-a/) [Wilkie Collins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wilkie-collins/) [Chocolate](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/chocolate/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/12c/wilkie-collins-2078_chocolate_if-i-ever-meet-with-the-man-who-fulfills_1588678.png) > [The evening advanced. The shadows lengthened. The waters of the lake grew pitchy black. The gliding of the ghostly swans became rare…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wilkie-collins/the-evening-advanced-the-shadows-lengthened-the-waters-of-the-lake/) [Wilkie Collins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wilkie-collins/) [Black](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/black/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/298/wilkie-collins-2078_black_the-evening-advanced-the-shadows-lengthe_1096179.png) > [“He has that quiet deference, that look of pleased, attentive interest, in listening to a woman, which, say what we may, we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wilkie-collins/he-has-that-quiet-deference-that-look-of-pleased-attentive-interest/) [Wilkie Collins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wilkie-collins/) [Deference](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/deference/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ebd/wilkie-collins-2078_deference_he-has-that-quiet-deference-that-look-of_237919.png) > [“You see I don’t think much of my own sex, Mr. Hartright—which will you have, tea or coffee?—no woman does think much…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wilkie-collins/you-see-i-don-t-think-much-of-my-own-sex-mr-hartright-which-will-you/) [Wilkie Collins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wilkie-collins/) [Think](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/think/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/16b/wilkie-collins-2078_think_you-see-i-don-t-think-much-of-my-own-sex_1158274.jpg) > [“It was cold and barren. It was no longer the view that I remembered. The sunshine of her presence was far from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wilkie-collins/it-was-cold-and-barren-it-was-no-longer-the-view-that-i-remembered/) [Wilkie Collins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wilkie-collins/) [Barren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/barren/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a76/wilkie-collins-2078_barren_it-was-cold-and-barren-it-was-no-longer_1903638.png) > [“When a woman wants me to do anything (my daughter, or not, it doesn't matter), I always insist on knowing why. The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wilkie-collins/when-a-woman-wants-me-to-do-anything-my-daughter-or-not-it-doesn-t/) [Wilkie Collins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wilkie-collins/) [Children](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/children/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/792/wilkie-collins-2078_children_when-a-woman-wants-me-to-do-anything-my_1494108.jpg) > [“Perhaps you think you see a certain contradiction here? In that case, a word in your ear. Study your wife closely, for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wilkie-collins/perhaps-you-think-you-see-a-certain-contradiction-here-in-that-case-a/) [Wilkie Collins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wilkie-collins/) [Contradiction](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/contradiction/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d83/wilkie-collins-2078_contradiction_perhaps-you-think-you-see-a-certain-cont_1297785.png) ## Wilkie Collins by topic [Life (21)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/life/wilkie-collins/) [Men (14)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/men/wilkie-collins/) [Time (13)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/time/wilkie-collins/) [Love (13)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/love/wilkie-collins/) [Books (12)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/books/wilkie-collins/) [Humor (10)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/humor/wilkie-collins/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wilkie-collins/#itemlist", "name": "Wilkie Collins Quotes", "numberOfItems": 23, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“If you will look about you (which most people won't do),\" says Sergeant Cuff, \"you will see that the nature of a man's tastes is, most times, as opposite as possible to the nature of a man's business.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Wilkie Collins" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wilkie-collins/if-you-will-look-about-you-which-most-people-won-t-do-says-sergeant/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e4a/wilkie-collins-2078_business_if-you-will-look-about-you-which-most-pe_2008640.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e4a/wilkie-collins-2078_business_if-you-will-look-about-you-which-most-pe_2008640.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e4a/wilkie-collins-2078_business_if-you-will-look-about-you-which-most-pe_2008640.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“If you will look about you (which most people won't do),\" says Sergeant Cuff, \"you will see that the nature…” — Wilkie Collins", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I used to attend scientific experiments when I was a girl at school. 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