James

“It did not require a great deal of imagination to picture a world in which power had passed into the hands of Al Capones with their private bombing squadrons.”
― James Hilton, The Definitive James Hilton Collection

“He was not much of a nature-worshipper, but he perceived that nature here was certainly at her best and liveliest. He gave her, as it were, full marks and a nod of approval, feeling that she would do very nicely as a background to his satisfying emotions”
― James Hilton, The Definitive James Hilton Collection

“People like me who have never suffered—I mean in the way the people of Korytów and all the other millions of Poles are suffering—can afford to be broad-minded. You and the people who have really suffered must think people like me are not only smug, but callous.” “Only if you tell us that it is wrong to hate,”
― Helen MacInnes, While Still We Live

“Seeing my Camry next to Benny’s Jaguar gave me a pleasantly smug feeling of superiority. It probably did the same for him. “Let’s”
― Tyler Dilts, A Cold and Broken Hallelujah