Quotes from Wilbur Smith

Maybe that's what a ghost is - a presence of the dead in the dreams of the living.

wealthy, privileged and bored by the undemanding

Sometimes it is best for men not to attempt to interfere with destiny. Our prayers can be answered in ways which we do not expect and do not welcome. ••• I

dunes. As they approached the shack there was smoke rising from the chimney and when they entered the lean-to kitchen, there was a fire on the open hearth. Swart Hendrick looked up from it. 'The Jew has taken the table and the chairs,' he said. 'But I hid the pots and the

The stars will shine upon the hills, and the Black Bull will not quench them.

The sun will shine at midnight, and the Great Elephant will not dim it.

The sun is setting," he said, and Jordan rose obediently to charge the glasses. The sundowner whisky was already a traditional ending to the day in this land north of the Limpopo.

More than weapons, we need a leader.

They have been taught nothing but destruction and learned nothing except that a man's desires can be achieved simply by killing anybody who stands in his way.

They were built up to great expectations, and when these could not be met, they turned against those who made the promises.

Aboli went on.

Every one of them was armed, every one a trained soldier who had killed and would not hesitate to kill again.

It's not the dying but the manner of it.

The sun has returned," Gandang croaked in religious terror. "It is the prophecy, the whole prophecy. The stone falcons have flown, the stars shine on the hills, and now the sun burns at midnight.

The tranquilizers he had been given had worn off, leaving him with a drug hangover and a bitter grudge against the entire world.

When David Livingstone discovered the Victoria Falls he said, "Sights such as these must have been gazed upon by angels in their flight,"' Hector told her softly.

We have worked all day to tidy the mess you have made.

we arrived at the army's main encampment all

Sometimes the most dangerous enemy is a hasty heart," he said softly.

spills, and the steel girders of the roof arched high overhead

and listening to the jackals squabbling

You're tired. Sleep well tonight and tomorrow we'll see how far this reef runs - then we'll start some scheming.

to, for every man present appreciated precisely where that challenge was aimed. 'We all know how this works. No prey, no pay. Well we ain't going to get our hands on no prize stuck here like

We send for him, laddie, we make him come to us. We play him on the home ground.' 'How does that help?' Sean asked. 'It gives us an advantage immediately - it makes him remember that he's the one doing the asking.