Quotes from Richard Connell

There is no greater bore than perfection.

Sometimes I think evil is a tangible thing - with wave lengths, just as sound and light have.

The world is made up of two classes - the hunters and the huntees.

It's so dark, he thought, that I could sleep without closing my eyes; the night would be my eyelids--

Don't talk rot, Whitney, said Rainsford. You're a big-game hunter, not a philosopher. Who cares how a jaguar feels?

Instinct is no match for reason.

I have played the fox, now I must play the cat of the fable.

But you can't mean—" gasped Rainsford. "And why not?" "I can't believe you are serious, General Zaroff. This is a grisly joke." "Why should I not be serious? I am speaking of hunting." "Hunting? Good God, General Zaroff, what you speak of is murder.

Malay man-catcher.

Sometimes I think evil is a tangible thing--with wave lengths, just as sound and light have. An evil place can, so to speak, broadcast vibrations of evil.