Colour Quote by Mary Elizabeth Braddon

Life is such a very troublesome matter, when all is said and done, that it's as well even to take its blessings quietly.

— Mary Elizabeth Braddon

“And thus they form a perfect group; he walks back two or three paces, selects his point of sight, and begins to sketch a…

— Mary Elizabeth Braddon

“He was a square, pale-faced man of almost forty, and had the appearance of having outlived every emotion to which humanity is subject.”

— Mary Elizabeth Braddon

“What have you to do with hearts, except for dissection?”

— Mary Elizabeth Braddon

My intellect is a little way upon the wrong side of that narrow boundary-line between sanity and insanity.

— Mary Elizabeth Braddon

A priest can achieve great victories with an army of women at his command.

— Mary Elizabeth Braddon

A modern writer likens coquettes to those hunters who do not eat the game which they have successfully pursued.

— Mary Elizabeth Braddon

“You seem to have quite a taste for discussing these horrible subjects," she said, rather scornfully; "you ought to have been a detective police…

— Mary Elizabeth Braddon

Exceptional talent does not always win its reward unless favored by exceptional circumstances.

— Mary Elizabeth Braddon

Why, I can't help smiling at people, and speaking prettily to them. I know I'm no better than the rest of the world; but…

— Mary Elizabeth Braddon

“He forgot that love, which is a madness, and a scourge, and a fever, and a delusion, and a snare, is also a mystery,…

— Mary Elizabeth Braddon

Why is it so difficult to love wisely, so easy to love too well?

— Mary Elizabeth Braddon