Another time Quote by Eilís Dillon

“And then there is the waiter. Not pathetic-decidedly not comic. Never making one of those perfectly insignificant remarks which amaze you so coming from…

— Katherine Mansfield

“Always be polite to possible murderers: that was the twenty-four-hour-shopping philosophy.”

— Kate Griffin

“Time makes a wound fester and rot, magnifying the pain into brooding despair”

— Tobias Wade

“...though I am still...exceedingly puzzled as to why our murderer should decide to draw almost inevitable attention to himself by wearing such a conspicuous…

— Colin Dexter

“I have sometimes thought that I have been burdened with a pack of ten misfortunes, any one of which if borne by my neighbor…

— Osamu Dazai

“I need to know when,' he said, 'In this case when is more important than how. Do you have a time-table?' For although images…

— Peter Ackroyd

“I should fancy, however, that murder is always a mistake. One should never do anything that one cannot talk about after dinner.”

— Oscar Wilde

“It wasn't my most fashionable dress, but anyone who called for me at nine o-clock in the bloody morning would have to take what…

— Alyxandra Harvey

“I loathe the grading of tragedy and the jostling for pre-eminence amongst the bereaved, that most disgusting example of the disgusting habit of claiming…

— Catriona McPherson

“during that time he made me feel what severe punishment a good yet stern, a conscientious yet implacable man can inflict on one who…

— Charlotte Brontë

“The worst have scraped out the mantle of the best and wear it around as something real. It takes no genius to see that.…

— Jay Caspian Kang

“That whole bit was something John had come up with, the man having a terrible habit of carrying out his drunken 3:00 A.M. ideas…

— David Wong