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The Haunted Hotel: A Mystery of Modern Venice QUOTES

The Haunted Hotel: A Mystery of Modern Venice QUOTES

1 " What lurking temptations to forbidden tenderness find their finding-places in a woman's dressing-gown, when she is alone in her room at night! "

― Wilkie Collins , The Haunted Hotel: A Mystery of Modern Venice

2 " I smell your cigar. Delicious! Give me one directly. "

― Wilkie Collins , The Haunted Hotel: A Mystery of Modern Venice

3 " In every class of society, gratitude is the rarest of all human virtues. "

― Wilkie Collins , The Haunted Hotel: A Mystery of Modern Venice

4 " CHAPTER I "

― Wilkie Collins , The Haunted Hotel: A Mystery of Modern Venice

5 " Demandez-vous s´il y a une explication au mystere de la vie et de la mort "

― Wilkie Collins , The Haunted Hotel: A Mystery of Modern Venice

6 " But you make allowances for women; we all talk nonsense. Good "

― Wilkie Collins , The Haunted Hotel: A Mystery of Modern Venice

7 " How much happier we should be,' she thought to herself sadly, 'if we never grew up! "

― Wilkie Collins , The Haunted Hotel: A Mystery of Modern Venice

8 " I give you better than proof, gentlemen; I give you my positive opinion. "

― Wilkie Collins , The Haunted Hotel: A Mystery of Modern Venice

9 " The most easily deteriorated of all the moral qualities is the quality called 'conscience.' In one state of a man's mind, his conscience is the severest judge that can pass sentence on him. In another state, he and his conscience are on the best possible terms with each other in the comfortable capacity of accomplices. "

― Wilkie Collins , The Haunted Hotel: A Mystery of Modern Venice

10 " Forgive me, dear Mr. Troy! I am very unhappy, and very unreasonable—but I am only a woman, and you must not expect too much from me. "

― Wilkie Collins , The Haunted Hotel: A Mystery of Modern Venice

11 " What lurking temptations to forbidden tenderness find their hiding-places in a woman's dressing-gown, when she is alone in her room at night! With "

― Wilkie Collins , The Haunted Hotel: A Mystery of Modern Venice

12 " The facts are nothing,' she rejoined. 'I have only my own impressions to confess—and you will very likely think me a fanciful fool when you hear what they are. No matter. I will do my best to content you—I will begin with the facts that you want. Take my word for it, they won't do much to help you. "

― Wilkie Collins , The Haunted Hotel: A Mystery of Modern Venice

13 " Mr. Troy was not only a man of learning and experience in his profession—he was also a man who had seen something of society at home and abroad. He possessed a keen eye for character, a quaint humour, and a kindly nature which had not been deteriorated even by a lawyer's professional experience of mankind. With "

― Wilkie Collins , The Haunted Hotel: A Mystery of Modern Venice