Quotes from Wilkie Collins

Bir zamanlar bizi birbirimize baÄŸlayan o baÄŸ tamam?yla koptu mu? Sanki birbirimizi hiç tan?mam???z ve sevmemiÅŸiz gibi onun yazg?s?n?, iyisiyle kötüsüyle, hiçbir ÅŸekilde paylaÅŸamayacak m?y?m art?k ben?

There's a bottom of good sense, Mr. Franklin, in our conduct to our mothers, when they first start us on the journey of life. We are all of us more or less unwilling to be brought into the world. And we are all of us right.

Nature's voice and Nature's beauty---God's soothing and purifying angels of the soul---speak to me most tenderly and most happily, at such times as these.

one unquestionable virtue in England, which is wanting in China. The Chinese authorities kill thousands of innocent people, on the most frivolous pretexts. We, in England, are free from all guilt of that kind—we commit no such dreadful crime—we abhor reckless bloodshed, with all our hearts.

we will leave this place, and go into other lodgings - you as the mistress; and I as the maid. I should be found out, ma'am, interposed Louisa, trembling at the prospect before her. I am not a lady. And I am, said Magdalen bitterly. Shall I tell you what a lady is? A lady is a woman who wears a silk gown, and has a sense of her own importance. I shall put the gown on your back, and the sense in your head.

Tüm ahlaki niteliklerin içinde en kolay çürümeye uÄŸrayan? ''vicdanl?l?k'' denilen niteliktir. Ä°nsan?n ruh hâline baÄŸl? olarak vicdan?, kimi zaman ona ceza kesebilecek en sert yarg?ç olur. Kimi zamansa rahatl?kla suç ortaklar? s?fat?yla hareket edebilen bu ikilinin aras?ndan su s?zmaz.

Look where we may, the dark threads and the light cross each other perpetually in the texture of human life.

I am asked to tell the story of the Diamond and, instead of that, I have been telling the story of my own self.

never mind about his genius, Mr. Pesca. We don't want genius in this country unless it is accompanied by respectability.

Fancy and Imagination, Grace and Beauty, all those qualities which are to the work of Art what scent and colour are to the flower, can only grow towards heaven by taking root in earth.

Seven bir kad?n?n üzerinde erkeÄŸinin yarataca?? yüz binlerce gizemli etkinin en ba??nda hiç kuÅŸkusuz ses tonu gelir.

The answer almost unmanned me.

If they show themselves disposed to accept their proper position I will assist them to start virtuously in life by a present of one hundred pounds each. This sum I authorize you to pay them, on their personal application, with the necessary acknowledgment of receipt; and on the express understanding that the transaction, so completed, is to be the beginning and the end of my connection with them. The

Stop! If you must make excuses, Basil, I must ask no questions. You have a secret which you wish to keep from me; and I beg you will keep it. I have never been accustomed to treat my sons as I would not treat any other gentlemen with whom I may happen to be associated. If they have private affairs, I cannot interfere with those affairs. My trust in their honour is my only guarantee against their deceiving me; but in the intercourse of gentlemen that is guarantee enough.

Daha az duygusal olan kad?nlar?n fark?na bile varmayaca?? birçok önemsiz ayr?nt? onun duyarl? ruhu için ?st?rap kayna?? oluyordu. Hani mutsuz olmak için doÄŸmuÅŸ insanlar vard?r ya; iÅŸte o zavall? onlardan biriydi.

the window, turned back again into the room

Bunlar? okuduktan sonra ba??m? yana çevirip yüreÄŸime saplanan sanc?y? belli etmemek için elimden geleni yapt?m. Onu çok sevdiÄŸimin fark?ndayd?m ama, o ana kadar derecesini bilmediÄŸimi anlam??t?m.

When things are at the worst, they're sure to mend. Things can't be much worse, Mr. Franklin, than they are now.

But then I am an imaginative man; and the butcher, the baker, and the tax-gatherer are not the only credible realities in existence to my mind.

Sen yan?mda olmad???ndan ölmek karar?m, daha doÄŸrusu yaÅŸamaya kar?? duyduÄŸum nefret deÄŸiÅŸmeden, bütün gücüyle sürüp gidiyor.

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

Cuando yo sentía necesidad de dirigirme escaleras arriba, he aquí que mi esposa descendía por ella, o bien, cuando ella sentía necesidad de bajar, he aquí que yo ascendía. En eso consiste la vida matrimonial, según mi experiencia.

Bana uyku ilac?m? verip gittin. Seni görünce bir an cesaretimi kaybeder gibi oldum. Kendi kendime Bana sevgiyle bakarsa ona ne yapm?? olduÄŸumu söyleyeceÄŸim ve b?rakaca??m beni kurtars?n. Ama sen yüzüme bile bakmad?n, yaln?zca ilaca bak?yordun. Ben de hiçbir ÅŸey söylemeden gitmene izin verdim.

You gave me your promise, was the reply, spoken with the same immovable self-possession. You must write for me, or break your word.